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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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Psa. 16:5,11• 5Jehovah [is] the portion of mine inheritance and my cup;{HR}Thou maintainest my lot.
 11Thou wilt show me the path of life,{HR}Fullness of joys in thy presence,{HR}Pleasures at thy right hand forever. (Psa. 16:5,11)
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Psa. 17:15• 15As for me, in righteousness I shall behold thy face;{HR}I shall be satisfied in awaking [with] thy likeness. (Psa. 17:15)
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Psa. 37:4• 4Delight thyself also in Jehovah,{HR}And he will give thee the requests of thy heart. (Psa. 37:4)
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Psa. 43:4• 4And I will go unto the altar of God, unto God the gladness of my joy,{HR}And I will give thanks unto thee with the harp, Ο God, my God. (Psa. 43:4)
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Psa. 63:3• 3Because thy mercy [is] better than life;{HR}My lips shall praise thee. (Psa. 63:3)
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Psa. 89:6• 6For who in the sky can compare with Jehovah?{HR}[Who] among the sons of the mighty (plural) can 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 moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refuse that I may win Christ, (Phil. 3:8)
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1 John 3:2• 2Beloved, now are we God's children, and not yet was it manifested what we shall be. We know that if he should be manifested we shall be like him, because we shall see him even 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 throne, saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God {i}is{/i} 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 the Almighty is the temple of it, and the Lamb.
 23And the city has no need of the sun nor of the moon, that they should shine on it: for the glory of God illumined it, and the Lamb {i}is{/i} the lamp of it. (Rev. 21:3,22‑23)
none upon.
Psa. 42:1‑2• 1To the chief musician; Maschil, for the sons of Korah.{HR}As the hart longeth after the brooks of water,{HR}So my soul longeth after thee, Ο God.
 2My soul hath thirsted for God, for the living God:{HR}When shall I come and appear before God? (Psa. 42:1‑2)
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Psa. 104:34• 34My meditation on him will be sweet;{HR}I will rejoice in Jehovah. (Psa. 104:34)
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Psa. 143:6‑8• 6I spread my hands unto thee;{HR}My soul like a weary land [thirsteth] for thee, Selah.
 7Hasten, answer me, Jehovah: my spirit faileth;{HR}Hide not thy face from me,{HR}And I shall not be like [those that] go down to the pit.
 8Cause me to hear in the morning thy mercy,{HR}For in thee do I confide;{HR}Make me to know the way that I should go,{HR}For unto thee 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; to thy name and to thy memorial [is] the desire of [our] soul.
 9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. (Isa. 26:8‑9)
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Hab. 3:17‑18• 17Although the fig tree shall not blossom,
 18Yet I will rejoice in Jehovah, (Hab. 3:17‑18)
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Matt. 10:37• 37{i}He 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.{/i} (Matt. 10:37)
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Phil. 3:8• 8But moreover also I count all things to be loss on account of the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, on whose account I lost all things and count them to be refuse that I may win 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. (“Psalm 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.

W. Kelly Translation

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Whom have I in the heavens?{HR}And beside thee none I desire upon the earth.