God’s Word Translation
Psalms 73:25
25As long as I have you, I don’t need anyone else in heaven or on earth.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that 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.
Context of Psalms 73:25
23Yet, I am always with you. You hold on to my right hand. 24With your advice you guide me, and in the end you will take me to glory. As long as I have you, I don’t need anyone else in heaven or on earth. 26My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever. 27Without a doubt, those who are far from you will die. You destroy all who are unfaithful to you.
Read all of Psalms 73Psalms 73:25 word by word
מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 73:25
- Psalms 16:5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.
- Psalms 17:15I will see your face when I am declared innocent. When I wake up, I will be satisfied ⌞with seeing⌟ you.
- Psalms 37:4Be happy with the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
- Psalms 43:4Then let me go to the altar of God, to God my ⌞highest⌟ joy, and I will give thanks to you on the lyre, O God, my God.
- Psalms 63:3My lips will praise you because your mercy is better than life ⌞itself⌟.
- Psalms 89:6Who in the skies can compare with the Lord? Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord?
- Matthew 5:8Blessed are those whose thoughts are pure. They will see God.
- Philippians 3:8It’s far more than that! I consider everything else worthless because I’m much better off knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. It’s because of him that I think of everything as worthless. I threw it all away in order to gain Christ
- 1 John 3:2Dear friends, now we are God’s children. What we will be isn’t completely clear yet. We do know that when Christ appears we will be like him because we will see him as he is.
- Revelation 21:3I heard a loud voice from the throne say, “God lives with humans! God will make his home with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them and be their God.
- Psalms 42:1As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God.
- Psalms 104:34May my thoughts be pleasing to him. I will find joy in the Lord.
- Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to you in prayer. Like parched land, my soul thirsts for you. Selah
- Isaiah 26:8Certainly, we wait with hope for you, O Lord, ⌞as we follow⌟ the path of your guiding principles. We want to remember you and your name.
- Habakkuk 3:17Even if the fig tree does not bloom and the vines have no grapes, even if the olive tree fails to produce and the fields yield no food, even if the sheep pen is empty and the stalls have no cattle—
- Matthew 10:37“The person who loves his father or mother more than me does not deserve to be my disciple. The person who loves a son or daughter more than me does not deserve to be my disciple.
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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