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Psalms 73:25

73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

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Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.

Whom have I in heaven but you? and there is none on earth that I desire beside you.

73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. strength: Heb. rock

What does Psalms 73:25 mean?

Psalms 73:25 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include שָׁמַיִם (shâmayim), אֶרֶץ (ʼerets), חָפֵץ (châphêts).

Hebrew interlinear

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Whom
have
I
in
heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim/shaw-mah'-yim/H8064the 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)
but
thee?
and
there
is
none
upon
earthאֶרֶץʼerets/eh'-rets/H776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
that
I
desireחָפֵץchâphêts/khaw-fates'/H2654properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
beside
thee.

Topics

AffectionsAffections, theAssuranceLoveTemptationWicked

Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 73:25.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so. life: Heb. a living soul

Genesis 7:19

And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth; and all the high hills, that were under the whole heaven, were covered.

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What does Psalms 73:25 say?

Psalms 73:25 (King James Version) reads: "Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee."

Is Psalms 73:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 73:25 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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