Psalms 73:27

27 For, behold, 1those who are far from You will 2perish; You have destroyed all those who 3are unfaithful to You.

Psalms 73:27 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 73:27

For, lo, they that are far from thee
Who are alienated from the life of God, far from the law of God, and subjection and obedience to it; and from righteousness either moral or evangelical, and from the love and fear of God, and worship of him:

shall perish;
not merely at death, as even righteous men do, but be lost eternally:

thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee;
that follow after other gods, and worship them; which is spiritual adultery and fornication, the Scriptures often speak of, and intend by it idolatry; see ( Deuteronomy 31:16 ) or who set their hearts and affections upon the creature, and have them alienated from God; and love the creature more and besides the Creator: the past tense seems to be put for the future, and so some render it, "thou shalt destroy", or "cut off" F9; destroy them soul and body, and punish them with an everlasting destruction in hell; the Targum is,

``that wander from thy fear;''

that is, from the worship of God.


FOOTNOTES:

F9 (htmuh) "perdes", Tigurine version, Musculus, so some in Vatablus; "exscindes", Michaelis.

Psalms 73:27 In-Context

25 Whom have I in heaven but You? And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27 For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.
28 But as for me, the nearness of God is my good; I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, That I may tell of all Your works.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 119:155
  • 2. Psalms 37:20
  • 3. Exodus 34:15; Numbers 15:39; Psalms 106:39; Hosea 4:12; Hosea 9:1

Footnotes 2

New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, California.  All rights reserved.