Psalm 73:27
New International Version
Those who are far from you will perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

New Living Translation
Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

English Standard Version
For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

Berean Standard Bible
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

King James Bible
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

New King James Version
For indeed, those who are far from You shall perish; You have destroyed all those who desert You for harlotry.

New American Standard Bible
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

NASB 1995
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to You.

NASB 1977
For, behold, those who are far from Thee will perish; Thou hast destroyed all those who are unfaithful to Thee.

Legacy Standard Bible
For, behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed everyone who is unfaithful to You.

Amplified Bible
For behold, those who are far from You will perish; You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful and have abandoned You.

Christian Standard Bible
Those far from you will certainly perish; you destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Those far from You will certainly perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

American Standard Version
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, departing from thee.

Contemporary English Version
All-Powerful LORD God, those who stay far from you will be lost, and you will destroy those who are unfaithful.

English Revised Version
For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Without a doubt, those who are far from you will die. You destroy all who are unfaithful to you.

Good News Translation
Those who abandon you will certainly perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.

International Standard Version
Those far from you will perish; you will destroy those who are unfaithful to you.

Majority Standard Bible
Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.

NET Bible
Yes, look! Those far from you die; you destroy everyone who is unfaithful to you.

New Heart English Bible
For, look, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.

World English Bible
For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For behold, those far from You perish, "" You have cut off everyone, "" Who is going whoring from You.

Young's Literal Translation
For, lo, those far from Thee do perish, Thou hast cut off every one, Who is going a whoring from Thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
For behold, they being far off from thee shall perish: thou didst lay waste all committing fornication from thee.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
For behold, those who put themselves far from you will perish. You have perished all those who fornicate away from you.

New American Bible
But those who are far from you perish; you destroy those unfaithful to you.

New Revised Standard Version
Indeed, those who are far from you will perish; you put an end to those who are false to you.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish; thou hast destroyed all them that go astray from thee.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
I have desired to draw near to God; your Name is good to me, LORD JEHOVAH, my trust, that I may tell all your wonders.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
For, lo, they that go far from Thee shall perish; Thou dost destroy all them that go astray from Thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For, behold, they that remove themselves far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed every one that goes a whoring from thee.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Endow the King with Your Justice
26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27Those far from You will surely perish; You destroy all who are unfaithful to You. 28But as for me, it is good to draw near to God. I have made the Lord GOD my refuge, that I may proclaim all Your works.…

Cross References
James 4:4
You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.

Matthew 7:23
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’

1 John 2:15-17
Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. / For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world. / The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.

Philippians 3:18-19
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ. / Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,

Romans 1:28-32
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...

Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

2 Peter 2:1-3
Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves. / Many will follow in their depravity, and because of them the way of truth will be defamed. / In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

Hebrews 10:26-27
If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.

John 15:6
If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

1 Corinthians 6:9-10
Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God.

Galatians 5:19-21
The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity, and debauchery; / idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, / and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

Ephesians 5:5-6
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure, or greedy person (that is, an idolater) has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God. / Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience.

Isaiah 1:28
But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish.

Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.


Treasury of Scripture

For, see, they that are far from you shall perish: you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you.

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Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.

Job 21:14,15
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways…

Isaiah 29:13
Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men:

that go

Exodus 34:15
Lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and they go a whoring after their gods, and do sacrifice unto their gods, and one call thee, and thou eat of his sacrifice;

Numbers 15:39
And it shall be unto you for a fringe, that ye may look upon it, and remember all the commandments of the LORD, and do them; and that ye seek not after your own heart and your own eyes, after which ye use to go a whoring:

James 4:4
Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

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Psalm 73
1. The prophet, prevailing in a temptation
2. Shows the occasion thereof, the prosperity of the wicked
13. The wound given thereby, diffidence
15. The victory over it, knowledge of God's purpose.














Those far from You will surely perish;
This phrase emphasizes the spiritual consequences of being distant from God. In biblical context, being "far from" God often implies a lack of relationship or rebellion against His commandments. The concept of perishing is frequently associated with spiritual death or eternal separation from God, as seen in passages like John 3:16, where belief in God is linked to eternal life. The idea of perishing also connects to the Old Testament warnings given to Israel about the consequences of turning away from God (Deuteronomy 30:17-18). Geographically, the Israelites understood the significance of proximity to God, as the temple in Jerusalem was the central place of worship and God's presence. This phrase serves as a warning to remain close to God to avoid spiritual destruction.

You destroy all who are unfaithful to You.
This part of the verse highlights God's judgment on unfaithfulness. In the historical and cultural context of ancient Israel, faithfulness to God was paramount, as seen in the covenant relationship established at Sinai (Exodus 19:5-6). Unfaithfulness, often equated with idolatry or moral corruption, led to divine judgment, as illustrated in the stories of Israel's exile (2 Kings 17:7-23). The destruction mentioned here can be understood as both temporal judgment and eternal consequences. This phrase also connects to the broader biblical narrative of God's justice, where He holds individuals accountable for their actions (Romans 1:18-32). In terms of typology, Jesus Christ is seen as the faithful one who fulfills the covenant and offers redemption, contrasting with the unfaithfulness of humanity.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Asaph
The author of Psalm 73, Asaph was a prominent Levite singer and seer in David's court. He is known for his deep reflections on the justice of God and the prosperity of the wicked.

2. The Wicked
In the context of Psalm 73, the wicked are those who are far from God, living in rebellion and unfaithfulness. They are contrasted with the righteous who draw near to God.

3. The Sanctuary of God
A pivotal place in the psalm where Asaph gains understanding of the fate of the wicked. It represents the presence and revelation of God.

4. The Faithful
Those who remain close to God, trusting in His justice and righteousness, despite the apparent prosperity of the wicked.

5. Judgment
The event or process by which God will ultimately deal with the wicked, as described in the psalm.
Teaching Points
The Consequence of Distance from God
Being far from God leads to spiritual peril and eventual destruction. This serves as a warning to maintain a close relationship with God.

The Importance of Faithfulness
Faithfulness to God is crucial. Unfaithfulness leads to destruction, highlighting the need for steadfastness in our walk with God.

Understanding Through God's Perspective
Like Asaph, we must seek God's perspective, especially when struggling with the apparent success of the wicked. God's justice will prevail.

The Assurance of God's Justice
Trust in God's ultimate justice provides comfort and assurance, even when the wicked seem to prosper temporarily.

Drawing Near to God
Actively seek to draw near to God through prayer, worship, and obedience, ensuring that we remain faithful and close to Him.Verse 27. - For lo, they that are far from thee shall perish. As God is the source of all life, to be "far from him" is to perish - to have this life depart from us, even if existence of any kind remains. The psalmist is vague with respect to the ultimate fate of the wicked, confident only of the continued existence, in a condition which he declares to be "good," of the righteous. Thou hast destroyed all them that go a-whoring from thee. The strong phrase here used is rare in the Psalms, occurring only in this place and in Psalm 106:39. It commonly refers to idolatrous practices, but is used sometimes of other kinds of declension and alienation from God (see Leviticus 20:6; Numbers 14:33).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Those far
רְחֵקֶ֣יךָ (rə·ḥê·qe·ḵā)
Adjective - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 7369: Removing, departing

from You
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

will surely
הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

perish;
יֹאבֵ֑דוּ (yō·ḇê·ḏū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

You destroy
הִ֝צְמַ֗תָּה (hiṣ·mat·tāh)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6789: To put an end to, exterminate

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

who are unfaithful
זוֹנֶ֥ה (zō·w·neh)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry

to You.
מִמֶּֽךָּ׃ (mim·me·kā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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