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Verse Psalms 73:25. _WHOM HAVE I IN HEAVEN_ BUT THEE?] The original is
more emphatic: מי לי בשמים ועמך לא חפצתי בארץ
_mi li bashshamayim;_ _veimmecha lo chaphatsti baarets_. "Who is there
to me in the...
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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 canst d...
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III. THE LEVITICUS SECTION: BOOK THREE: PSALM 73-89
The third division of the book of Psalms corresponds in character to
the third book of the Pentateuch, the book of Leviticus. That is the
book of th...
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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 death...
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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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Faith triumphant in the conviction of an ultimate judgement and the
consciousness of the supreme blessedness of fellowship with God....
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The _positive_solution of the Psalmist's perplexity: the only true and
abiding happiness is to be found in fellowship with God....
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_But thee_is rightly supplied in the first line, which receives its
completion and explanation from the second. The idea which logically
is one is divided into two clauses for the sake of the poetical...
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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 its v...
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THE PSALMS
BOOK THE THIRD
Psalms 73
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
Temptation, arising from the Prosperity of the Lawless, Triumphantly
Overcome.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 73:1-5, Under Protest, the Psalmist...
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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...
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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 Psalms...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
THE PSALMS OF DAVID (BOOK 3).
NOW I UNDERSTAND
PSALMS 73
Jesus said, "Make sure that your valuable things are in *heaven". ...
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AND THERE... — Or, _Besides thee I have no delight on earth.
_...
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מִי ־לִ֥י בַ † שָּׁמָ֑יִם וְ֝
עִמְּךָ֗...
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Psalms 73:1
THE perennial problem of reconciling God's moral government with
observed facts is grappled with in this psalm, as in Psalms 37:1;
Psalms 49:1. It tells how the prosperity of the godless,...
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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 unseen...
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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 tell...
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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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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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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, except God,...
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BOOK 3 - PSALMS 73-89
In the Third Book we get out into a larger sphere than the state of
the residue of the Jews in the last days, whether in Jerusalem or
driven out; and hence we find much less of t...
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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, Husba...
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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 it...
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_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 desirab...
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The Believer's Trust at the Realization of the Truth...
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Whom have I in heaven but Thee? God is his highest Good; in Him there
is complete satisfaction. AND THERE IS NONE UPON EARTH THAT I DESIRE
BESIDE THEE, he no longer finds true pleasure in this world a...
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21-28 God would not suffer his people to be tempted, if his grace
were not sufficient, not only to save them from harm, but to make them
gainers by it. This temptation, the working of envy and discon...
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Psalms 73:25 heaven H8064 earth H776 desire H2654 (H8804)
Whom - Psalms 16:5, Psalm
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Psalms 73:25
I. God is the Christian's inheritance as the light of his intellect.
II. God is the Christian's inheritance as the refuge of his
conscience.
III. God is the Christian's inheritance as...
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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, o...
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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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Here you have the psalmist in a fainting fit. He has allowed the flesh
to conquer the spirit. The observant eye of reason has for awhile
rendered dim the clear vision of faith.
Psalms 73:1. _Truly Go...
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The psalmist here works out the problem of the prosperity of the
wicked. He was troubled in his own mind about it; he knew that he
feared God, but he also knew that he was greatly tried, whereas he sa...
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«A Psalm Of Asaph.» He was a great singer, but he could not always
sing. In the first part of the Psalm he felt rather like groaning than
singing; and you shall find that those who sing the sweetest t...
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CONTENTS: The temptation to envy the prosperity of wicked people and
how to fortify ones self against it. The awful fate of the ungodly.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph.
CONCLUSION: Observing that many wicked...
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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. Hezek...
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_Whom have I in heaven but Thee?_
end there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.
GOD THE ONLY PORTION
“Whom have I in heaven but Thee?” Not “what.” Not in things,
but in persons, the perso...
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_So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before Thee._
FLESH AND SPIRIT A RIDDLE
What secrets of inward experience we have in our text. Consider--
I. The confessions concerning the flesh....
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_If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the
generation of Thy children._
SEARCHING AND FINDING RELIEF IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
. Searching for relief in the right direction (Psalm...
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_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 should...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:1. This is a wisdom psalm. God’s
people should trust him even when it seems unbelievers do not suffer
because of their sin. They should remember the contrasting outcomes...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 73:21 Even when the singer harbored his bitter
thoughts, God still had a firm hold on him: I AM CONTINUALLY WITH YOU;
YOU HOLD MY RIGHT HAND. During the singer’s earthly life, you...
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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 tempora...
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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 a great...
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Psa 73:1-28 begins with an affirmation of a basic foundational truth
concerning God.
Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart
(Psalms 73:1).
It is important that we have basi...
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1 John 3:2; Habakkuk 3:17; Habakkuk 3:18; Isaiah 26:8; Isaiah 26:9;...