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Psalms 73:27

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

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

Psalms 73:27 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 73:27

Theological / Devotional

Far from thee. To be with God is life; to be far from Him is death. The psalmist’s realization of this fact solved the problem of God’s dealings with men (see vs. 3–12).

Go a whoring. God’s relation to His people is frequently compared to that of marriage (see Ps. 45; Jer. 3:8, 9, 14; 5:7; 13:27; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:25; James 4:4). When God’s children are estranged from Him, they are unfaithful to their marriage vows. The phrase “a whoring” consists of the preposition “a” and the verbal noun “whoring.”

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