“For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.”
The affirmation that those far from God perish and those unfaithful to God are destroyed articulates the ultimate fate of those who reject covenant relationship. The reference to unfaithfulness articulates that the wicked's condition results from deliberate choice to depart from God. This verse closes the psalm with the reaffirmation of the fundamental principle: alienation from God results in destruction.
Church Fathers on Psalms 73:27
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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