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Whomמִיhave Iלִיin the heavens?בַשָּׁמָיִםAndוְwith youעִמְּךָI desire nothingלֹא חָפַצְתִּיon earth.בָאָרֶץ
Psalms 73:25
Study it in the app“Whom have I in the heavens? And with you I desire nothing on earth.”
With a failing heart, the psalmist clings to GodFaithThe psalmist says that with God he desires nothing else; God is the rock of his heartDeath and Eternal Life
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 73:25, word by word
- in the heavensשָּׁמָיִםshamayim
heaven
God's dwelling, from which he is called "the Elohim of the heavens".
Where else “shamayim” appears- I desire nothingחָפַצְתִּיchafatsti
desire
To wish for something, be willing.
Where else “chafatsti” appears- on earthאָרֶץarets
earth
The whole world, everything under the sky.
Where else “arets” appears
The context
24With your counsel you will guide me, and afterward with glory you will take me.
25 · This verse (above)
26My body and my heart are consumed; the rock of my heart and my portion is Elohim forever.