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Psalms 73:25

Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Asaph, having confessed his envy of the wicked and his own near-fall (vv. 1–22), addresses God at the point of resolution, immediately after receiving the promise of guidance and glory (v. 24).

The words — חָפַצְתִּי (chaphatzti), "I take pleasure," is the emotional hinge: not a cold preference but active delight, the verb the psalmist applies to God alone.

The thread — Psalms 16:2 states the same exclusion ("apart from You I have no good thing"); Philippians 3:8 restates it in the key of loss and gain.

Why it lands — It is a confession that can be falsified by a single misplaced affection; the reader is asked to check whether their actual delight is as exclusive as the words claim.

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The Hebrew words

מִי־mi-who?לִ֥יl/i[belongs] to/ meבַשָּׁמָ֑יִםva./sha.Ma.yimin the/ heavensוְ֝עִמְּךָ֗ve./'i.me./khaand/ with/ youלֹא־lo'-notחָפַ֥צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiI take pleasureבָאָֽרֶץ׃va./'A.retzon the/ earth

King James Version

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

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