Psalms 73:25 — King James Version← Study notes

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

Psalms 73:25 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 73:257 words

HebrewMeaning

מִיmiy

who?particleH4310

he · him · O that! what · which ···

לִ֥/יliy

pron

בַ/שָּׁמָ֑יִםbašāmāyim

in the heavenspronH8064

astrologer · heaven

וְ֝/עִמְּ/ךָ֗wəʿiməkā

and with youconjH5973

against · and · as · before ···

לֹאlōʾ

notparticleH3808

before · or else · except · ig ···

חָפַ֥צְתִּיḥāpaṣətiy

I take pleasureverbH2654

any at all · take) delight · desire · favour ···

בָ/אָֽרֶץbāʾāreṣ

on the earthpronH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 73:25

1. This Psalm has an inscription, that is, a title, “There have failed the hymns of David, the son of Jesse. A Psalm of Asaph himself.” So many Psalms we have on the titles whereof is written the name David, nowhere there is added, “son of Jesse,” except in this alone. Which we must believe has not been done to no purpose, nor capriciously. For everywhere God does make intimations to us, and to the understanding thereof does invite the godly study of love. What is, “there…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 73 (excerpt)

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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Whom Have I in Heaven but You

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