John Gill Commentary Psalms 73:27

"For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: Thou hast destroyed all them that play the harlot, [departing] from thee." — Psalms 73:27 (ASV)

For, lo, they that are far from you
Who are alienated from the life of God, far from the law of God, and subjection and obedience to it; and from righteousness either moral or evangelical, and from the love and fear of God, and worship of him:

shall perish ;
not merely at death, as even righteous men do, but be lost eternally:

you have destroyed all them that go a whoring from you ;
that follow after other gods, and worship them; which is spiritual adultery and fornication, the Scriptures often speak of, and intend by it idolatry; see (Deuteronomy 31:16) or who set their hearts and affections upon the creature, and have them alienated from God; and love the creature more and besides the Creator: the past tense seems to be put for the future, and so some render it, "you shall destroy", or "cut off" ^F9 ; destroy them soul and body, and punish them with an everlasting destruction in hell; the Targum is,

``that wander from your fear;'' that is, from the worship of God.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F9: htmuh ) "perdes", Tigurine version, Musculus, so some in Vatablus; "exscindes", Michaelis.