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Psalm 73:25

Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.

23Nevertheless, I am continually with you. You have held my right hand.
24You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
27For, behold, those who are far from you shall perish. You have destroyed all those who are unfaithful to you.
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Notice

Heaven and earth leave no rival to God in the psalmist’s desire, a claim that can expose the distance between spoken faith and actual longing.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Philippians 3:8Yes most certainly, and I count all things to be a loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whom I suffered the loss of all …The psalmist desires God above everyone else, and Paul counts all things as loss compared with knowing Christ Jesus.
John 6:68Simon Peter answered him, “Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.The psalmist asks whom he has in heaven, and Peter asks whom else he could go to besides Jesus.
Luke 10:42but one thing is needed. Mary has chosen the good part, which will not be taken away from her.”Both passages name a supreme good: the psalmist desires God above all, while Mary has chosen the one needed thing.
Psalm 16:2My soul, you have said to the LORD, “You are my Lord. Apart from you I have no good thing.”Both psalms address God as the one beyond whom the speaker finds no comparable good or desire.
Psalm 63:3Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.Psalm 73 desires God above anyone on earth; Psalm 63 values God’s loving kindness above life itself.
Psalm 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.Psalm 73’s surrounding lines name God as a lasting portion; Psalm 16 speaks of a portion and lot secured by God.
Exodus 20:3“You shall have no other gods before me.Both texts exclude rivals to God: Exodus commands exclusive worship, and the psalm expresses exclusive desire.
1 Samuel 2:2There is no one as holy as the LORD, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.Both speakers address God as without equal, using the words “besides you” to express his unmatched place.
Psalm 63:8Psalm 73’s surrounding lines describe God holding the speaker’s right hand; Psalm 63 names God’s right hand as support.
Isaiah 26:8–9Yes, in the way of your judgments, LORD, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.Desire is directed toward God in both passages: toward God himself in the psalm, and his name and renown in Isaiah.
Matthew 10:37He who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.The psalm places desire for God above every earthly person, while Jesus requires love for him above even close family.
Habakkuk 3:17–18For even though the fig tree doesn’t flourish, nor fruit be in the vines, the labor of the olive fails, the fields yield no food, the flocks are cut off from …The link is limited: Habakkuk describes earthly provision failing, while the psalm names God as the one desired above all on earth.
Where this verse fits

Envy and comparison. feeling distant from God. praise and worship.

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Encouragement

The voice that desires God above everyone else also speaks of a failing heart. Your weakness need not end that prayer; God remains the psalmist’s strength and portion.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).