Psalms 73:25

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 still belong to you; you hold my right hand. 24You guide me with your counsel, leading me to a glorious destiny. Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth. 26My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever. 27Those who desert him will perish, for you destroy those who abandon you.

Psalms 73:25 word by word

מִי־לִ֥י בַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ לֹא־חָפַ֥צְתִּי בָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whom have I in heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• none upon earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• I desireחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654

Cross-references for Psalms 73:25

• Psalms 16:5Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.
• Psalms 17:15Because I am righteous, I will see you. When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.
• Psalms 37:4Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.
• Psalms 43:4There I will go to the altar of God, to God—the source of all my joy. I will praise you with my harp, O God, my God!
• Psalms 63:3Your unfailing love is better than life itself; how I praise you!
• Psalms 89:6For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord? What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?
• Matthew 5:8God blesses those whose hearts are pure, for they will see God.
• Philippians 3:8Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
• 1 John 3:2Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
• Revelation 21:3I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.
• Psalms 42:1As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God.
• Psalms 104:34May all my thoughts be pleasing to him, for I rejoice in the Lord.
• Psalms 143:6I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
• Isaiah 26:8Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws; our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
• Habakkuk 3:17Even though the fig trees have no blossoms, and there are no grapes on the vines; even though the olive crop fails, and the fields lie empty and barren; even though the flocks die in the fields, and the cattle barns are empty,
• Matthew 10:37“If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.

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

Topics related to Psalms 73:25

• Affections
• Assurance
• Blindness
• Love
• Peace
• Temptation
• Testimony
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

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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