“My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.”
The statement that flesh and heart fail but God is the strength of the heart and portion forever articulates that human resources prove insufficient but God remains reliable. The reference to God as strength and portion indicates complete dependence on the divine. This verse closes the crisis narrative with the recognition that God is the ultimate good.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:26
1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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