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My bodyשְׁאֵרִיand my heartוּלְבָבִיare consumed;כָּלָהthe rockצוּרof my heartלְבָבִיand my portionוְחֶלְקִיis Elohimאֱלֹהִיםforever.לְעוֹלָם
Psalms 73:26
Study it in the app“My body and my heart are consumed; the rock of my heart and my portion is Elohim forever.”
With a failing heart, the psalmist clings to GodFaithThe psalmist says that with God he desires nothing else; God is the rock of his heartDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:26, word by word
- My bodyשְׁאֵרִsheeri
body
Oneself, one's own person.
Where else “sheeri” appears- and my heartלְבָבִlevavi
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, desire and decide.
Where else “levavi” appears- are consumedכָּלָהkala
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “kala” appears- the rockצוּרtsur
rock
A large rock.
Where else “tsur” appears- and my portionחֶלְקִchelki
portion
What falls to one: "YHWH is what I receive".
Where else “chelki” appears- is Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- foreverעוֹלָםolam
forever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appears
The context
25Whom have I in the heavens? And with you I desire nothing on earth.
26 · This verse (above)
27For look, those far from you will perish; you annihilate all who prostitute themselves away from you.