Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Parallel translations
- WEB Whom do I have in heaven? There is no one on earth whom I desire besides you.
- BSB Whom have I in heaven but You? And on earth I desire no one besides You.
- ESV Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
- NKJV Whom have I in heaven but You? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
- NASB ¶Whom do I have in heaven but You? And with You, I desire nothing on earth.
- NLT Whom have I in heaven but you? I desire you more than anything on earth.
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Quick answer
Asaph declares that he has no one in heaven but God, and desires nothing on earth besides him.
Overview
Having gained eternal perspective, Asaph finds God himself to be his supreme treasure. Heaven without God would be empty, and earth holds nothing he desires more than the Lord. This wholehearted longing for God above all is the heart of true worship and is satisfied fully in knowing Christ (Philippians 3:8).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Phil 3:8Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,
- Ps 16:2O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee;
- Ps 63:3Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.
- Ps 16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- Isa 26:8–9Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
- Ps 104:34My meditation of him shall be sweet: I will be glad in the LORD.
- Matt 10:37He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
- Ps 37:4Delight thyself also in the LORD: and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.
- Hab 3:17–18Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls:
- Rev 21:3And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
- 1 Jn 3:2Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
- Ps 42:1–2As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Ps 143:6–8I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
- Ps 89:6For who in the heaven can be compared unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened unto the LORD?
- Ps 43:4Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Matt 5:8Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
- Rev 21:22–23And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it.
- Ps 17:15As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
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