Psalms 73:25-28

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. Whom have I in heaven (but thee)? and (there is) none upon earth that I desire besides thee - in juxtaposition with thee. "But thee," or "besides thee," has to be supplied in the first from the second clause. Thou art my supreme good (). The context implies, 'Whom have I that I desire in juxtaposition with thee' as a Saviour?

Verse 26. My flesh and my heart falleth: but God is the strength of my heart - Hebrew, 'the rock of my heart;' i:e. hypothetically, 'whensoever my heart (regarded as the seat of life) and my flesh fail, God is the rock of my heart' (Psalms 18:1; ).

And my portion for ever - (.)

Verse 27. For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go awhoring from thee. All spiritual estrangement from God, whether by idolatry or covetousness, is 'whoredom' (; ).

Verse 28. But (it is) good for me to draw near to God - literally, 'But I ... nearness to God is good for me' as opposed to "they that are far from thee" (; ; ). "It is good, for it brings with it salvation, as contrasted with the destruction of those far from God.

I have put my trust in the Lord God, that I may declare all thy works - i:e., that, being preserved by thee, I may have thereby occasion given me to "declare all thy works" of deliverance.