Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth - Flesh and heart here seem to refer to the whole man, body and soul; and the idea is, that his powers of body and mind failed; were spent; were exhausted. This seems to have been said in an “ideal” sense, or by anticipation. He does not mean to say that his strength then had actually failed, but he seems to have placed himself by imagination in the situation where his strength “would” be all gone - in sickness, in weakness, in sorrow, on the bed of death. He asks... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 73:26
The failing flesh and the strengthening God. Here is a vivid and blessed contrast. Consider— I. THE FAILING OF HEART AND FLESH here told of. 1 . Some understand this as the result of his foolish conflict with God; and here, as all who contend with God are, he was worsted and brought low. 2 . Others, as telling of his passionate desire after God, how he was "sick of love," broken down with his longing for God. 3 . Others, as telling of his heavy load of... read more