Psalms 73:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• Psalms 73:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  whom 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 ca...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Whom have I in (n) heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. (n) He sought neither help nor comfort of any save God only.

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• Psalms 73:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  BOOK III. PSS. LXXIII.- LXXXIX. LXXIII. The Hope of Immortality. Here the Psalter reaches its highest elevation. Job, in Job 19:25 f.*, believes that God will vindicate his innocence even after...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Whom have I. ? This is ever the cry of God's saints. Figure of speech Erotesis. See note on Exodus 15:11 .

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• Psalms 73:25 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? The Psalmist shows more distinctly how much he had profited in the sanctuary of God; for being satisfied with him alone, he rejects every other object, ex...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 626 THE CHRISTIAN’S CHOICE Psalms 73:25 . Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. THIS evil and deceitful world promises happiness to...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Whom have I in heaven but thee ? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. Whom have I in heaven but thee? - The original is more emphatic: מי לי בשמים ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ mi li bas...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. -His joy in God as his portion, in contrast to the final destruction of all who go from God. Verse 25....

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• Psalms 73:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Book 3 There are two groups of Pss. in this book, Psalms 73-83 being Psalms of Asaph, and Psalms 84-88 (except 86) Psalms of the Sons of Korah. The likeness of the title of Psalms 89 to that of...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  And there... — Or, Besides thee I have no delight on earth.

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• Psalms 73:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Psalms 73:1-28 THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1-40 ; Psalms 49:1-20 . It tells how the prosperity...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  The true place in which to form a right estimate of life is where Asaph found it-in the sanctuary of God; because from its elevation and the purity of its atmosphere, one can take into view the unsee...

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• Psalms 73:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The marginal reading, "Only good is God to Israel," indicates the real value of the song. Israel has no other good, and needs no other. Yet it is not always easy to realize this, and the psalmist tel...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  It were a pity to separate these verses, and the devout and happy frame which appears through the whole of them. Reader! what a thought is that one, Nevertheless I am continually with, thee! An union...

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• Psalms 73:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Whom have I in heaven but thee ,.... Which includes God the Father, Son, and Spirit; God the Father, as his only covenant God and Father; Christ as his only Mediator, Saviour, and Redeemer, Head, Hu...

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• Psalms 73:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? and [there is] none upon earth [that] I desire beside thee. Ver. 25. Whom have I in heaven but thee? ] I would I were in heaven with thee, so Aben Ezra rendereth...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Whom have I in heaven but thee? To seek to, or trust in, to court or covet an acquaintance with? God is in himself more glorious than any other being, and must be in our eyes infinitely more desira...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Devout Confidence.       21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.   22 So foolish was I, and ignorant:...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Whom have I in heaven, or in earth ? as it follows. There is no other person nor thing in the world from which I can seek or hope for happiness, or which I am willing to accept as my portion. Let...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  INTRODUCTION Superscription.—“A Psalm of Asaph,” or, as in the margin, “ for Asaph .” See introduction to Psalms 50 . Subject .—The mental difficulties arising from the contemplation of the tem...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 73 First, there is in this Psalm a description of the prosperity of the wicked, and of that hauteur and pride which they in their prosperity manifested, then of the afflictions of the godly...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  You may have noticed that the 73 rd Psalm and the 37 th Psalm are on the same subject; it will help you to recall this fact if you remember that the figures are the same, only reversed. Psalms 73:1...

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• Psalms 73:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The third book of Hebrew psalms begins here. It opens with a psalm of Asaph, the noble singer and musician of the temple. 1 Chronicles 6:39 ; 1 Chronicles 25:1 . Eleven other psalms bear his name....

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• Psalms 73:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart. The trouble of Asaph In human biographies men are wont to cover up their heroes’ imperfections. They see no reason why they sh...

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• Psalms 73:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION THIS is the first of the "Psalms of Asaph," whereof the present book contains eleven. They are characterized by a preponderating use of the name "Elohim" over that of" Jehovah," by...

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• Psalms 73:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth

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• Psalms 73:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 John 3:2 ; Habakkuk 3:17 ; Habakkuk 3:18 ; Isaiah 26:8 ; Isaiah 26:9 ; Matthew 10:37 ; Matthew 5:8 ; Philippians 3:8 ; Psalms 104:34 ; Psalms 143:6-8 ; Psalms 16:11 ; Psalms 16:5 ; Psa...

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