English Standard Version
Psalms 73:25
25Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
Psalms 73:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
- New International Version (NIV)Whom have I in heaven but you? And earth has nothing I desire besides you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
Context of Psalms 73:25
23Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. 24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. 26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. 27For behold, those who are far from you shall perish; you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:25 word by word
מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 73:25
- Psalms 16:5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
- Psalms 17:15As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
- Psalms 37:4Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise you with the lyre, O God, my God.
- Psalms 63:3Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,
- Matthew 5:8"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.
- Philippians 3:8Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ
- 1 John 3:2Beloved, we are God's children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
- Revelation 21:3And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, "Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God.
- Psalms 42:1As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.
- Psalms 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah
- Isaiah 26:8In the path of your judgments, O Lord, we wait for you; your name and remembrance are the desire of our soul.
- Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls,
- Matthew 10:37Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Commentaries on Psalms 73:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Whom have I in heaven but thee? - The original is more emphatic: בארץ חפצתי לא ועמך בשמים לי מי mi li bashshamayim ; veimmecha lo chaphatsti baarets . "Who is there to me in the heavens? And with thee I have desired nothing in the earth." No man can say this who has not taken God for his portion in reference to both worlds.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25whom have I in heaven but thee? - literally, “Who is to me in the heavens?” That is, There is no one there that in my love for him can be compared with thee; no one who can do for me what thou canst do; no one who can meet and satisfy the needs of my soul as thou canst; no one who can be to me what God “is” - what a God “must” be. After all my complaining and my doubts there is no one, not even in the heavens, who cant supply the place of “God,” or be to…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-28Verses 21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discontent, is very painful. In reflecting upon it, the psalmist owns it was his folly and ignorance thus to vex himself. If good men, at any time, through the surprise and strength of temptation, think, or speak, or act amiss, they will reflect upon it with…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 25-26Nothing in heaven or on earth is better than being near God.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 25-2625-26. God is his only satisfying good.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 73
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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