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Psalm 73

Psa. 73:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Whom have I in heaven
shamayim (Hebrew #8064)
from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies revolve)
KJV usage: air, X astrologer, heaven(-s).
Pronounce: shaw-mah'-yim
Origin: dual of an unused singular shameh {shaw-meh'}
but thee? and there is none upon earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
that I desire
chaphets (Hebrew #2654)
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
KJV usage: X any at all, (have, take) delight, desire, favour, like, move, be (well) pleased, have pleasure, will, would.
Pronounce: khaw-fates'
Origin: a primitive root
beside thee.

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Ministry on This Verse

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Whom.
Psa. 16:5,11• 5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
 11Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore. (Psa. 16:5,11)
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Psa. 17:15• 15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
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Psa. 37:4• 4and delight thyself in Jehovah, and he will give thee the desires of thy heart. (Psa. 37:4)
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Psa. 43:4• 4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto the *God of the gladness of my joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God, my God. (Psa. 43:4)
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Psa. 63:3• 3For thy loving-kindness is better than life: my lips shall praise thee. (Psa. 63:3)
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Psa. 89:6• 6For who in the heaven can be compared to Jehovah? who among the sons of the mighty shall be likened to Jehovah? (Psa. 89:6)
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Matt. 5:8• 8Blessed the pure in heart, for *they* shall see God. (Matt. 5:8)
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Phil. 3:8• 8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ; (Phil. 3:8)
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1 John 3:2• 2Beloved, now are we children of God, and what we shall be has not yet been manifested; we know that if it is manifested we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. (1 John 3:2)
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Rev. 21:3,22‑23• 3And I heard a loud voice out of the heaven, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he shall tabernacle with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, their God.
 22And I saw no temple in it; for the Lord God Almighty is its temple, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine for it; for the glory of God has enlightened it, and the lamp thereof is the Lamb. (Rev. 21:3,22‑23)
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Psa. 42:1‑2• 1To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
 2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living *God: when shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation shall be pleasant unto him; I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Psa. 143:6‑8• 6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul, as a parched land, thirsteth after thee. Selah.
 7Answer me speedily, O Jehovah; my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, or I shall be like unto them that go down into the pit.
 8Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul. (Psa. 143:6‑8)
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Isa. 26:8‑9• 8Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to thy memorial.
 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:8‑9)
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Hab. 3:17‑18• 17For though the fig-tree shall not blossom, Neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive-tree shall fail, And the fields shall yield no food; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, And there shall be no herd in the stalls:
 18Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, I will joy in the God of my salvation. (Hab. 3:17‑18)
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Matt. 10:37• 37He who loves father or mother above me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter above me is not worthy of me. (Matt. 10:37)
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Phil. 3:8• 8But surely I count also all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on account of whom I have suffered the loss of all, and count them to be filth, that I may gain Christ; (Phil. 3:8)
• Nothing competes with Him at all as in the New Testament. “Christ is all.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• Who in heaven but God, the center and source and all of blessing. On earth, where, with such as we not thus fixed on God, there might be distracting desires, there is no source of delight with Him; that is, He is the only one. Singleness of eye is complete. As we are in the world, it does make us feel alone, but alone with God. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• “All ye shall be offended in me this night and shall leave me alone; but I am not alone, for the Father is with me.” In one sense the heart accepts the dominancy of evil and is blessedly abstracted from all to God. See thus the blessing of this seeming evil. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 64-77” by J.N. Darby)
• {v.25-26} Thus God Himself becomes the confidence of the soul. His flesh and heart may fail, but God is the strength of his heart. (“Psalms 73” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Whom have I in the heavens? and there is none upon earth I desire beside thee.