Psalms 73:25-26

73:25 Whom do I have in heaven but you?

I desire no one but you on earth. ¹ 

73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, ² 

but God always ³  protects my heart and gives me stability. ⁴ 

[73:25]  ¹ tn Heb “Who [is there] for me in heaven? And besides you I do not desire [anyone] in the earth.” The psalmist uses a merism (heaven/earth) to emphasize that God is the sole object of his desire and worship in the entire universe.

[73:26]  ² tn The Hebrew verb כָלָה (khalah, “to fail; to grow weak”) does not refer here to physical death per se, but to the physical weakness that sometimes precedes death (see Job 33:21; Pss 71:9; 143:7; Prov 5:11).

[73:26]  ³ tn Or “forever.”

[73:26]  ⁴ tn Heb “is the rocky summit of my heart and my portion.” The psalmist compares the Lord to a rocky summit where one could go for protection and to landed property, which was foundational to economic stability in ancient Israel.