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Psalms 42:2
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I thirst for God, the living God.When can I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
I thirst for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?
I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"
My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;When shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God's presence?
Just as a deer longs for running streams, God, I long for you.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?
My soul thirsts after thee, O living God; when shall I come to see thy face?
I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and see the face of God?
My teares are my meate daye and night, whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me: where is now thy God?
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
My soule thirsteth for God, for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before God?
My soule is a thirst for the Lorde, yea euen for the lyuyng Lorde: when shall I come to appeare before the face of the Lorde?
My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Mi soule thirstide to God, `that is a `quik welle; whanne schal Y come, and appere bifor the face of God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: When shall I come and see the face of God?
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God? [fn]
I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?
My soul is thirsty for God, for the living God. When will I come and meet with God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth, - When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
(41-3) My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
Contextual Overview
(A special psalm for the people of Korah and for the music leader.)
As a deer gets thirsty for streams of water, I truly am thirsty for you, my God. 2 In my heart, I am thirsty for you, the living God. When will I see your face? 3 Day and night my tears are my only food, as everyone keeps asking, "Where is your God?" 4 Sorrow floods my heart, when I remember leading the worshipers to your house. I can still hear them shout their joyful praises. 5 Why am I discouraged? Why am I restless? I trust you! And I will praise you again because you help me,Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
thirsteth: Psalms 36:8, Psalms 36:9, Psalms 63:1, John 7:37, Revelation 22:1
living: Job 23:3, Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 10:10, John 5:26, 1 Thessalonians 1:9
when: Psalms 27:4, Psalms 84:4, Psalms 84:10
Reciprocal: Genesis 13:4 - Unto Deuteronomy 5:26 - living 1 Samuel 26:19 - they have driven 2 Samuel 15:25 - he will bring 2 Samuel 23:15 - longed 2 Kings 2:14 - Where is 1 Chronicles 11:17 - of the water Psalms 73:25 - none upon Psalms 84:2 - soul Psalms 119:81 - fainteth Psalms 143:6 - my soul Proverbs 25:25 - cold Song of Solomon 2:5 - Stay Song of Solomon 8:6 - love Isaiah 38:22 - What Isaiah 41:17 - seek Isaiah 55:1 - every Zephaniah 3:18 - sorrowful Matthew 5:6 - are Matthew 16:16 - the living Luke 6:21 - ye that hunger 2 Corinthians 3:3 - the living 1 Timothy 3:15 - the living Hebrews 12:22 - of the Revelation 7:16 - hunger
Cross-References
until finally, Jacob's family had eaten all the grain they had bought in Egypt. So Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy some more grain."
Then Judah said to his father, "Let Benjamin go with me, and we will leave right away, so that none of us will starve to death.
Now hurry back and tell my father that his son Joseph says, "God has made me ruler of Egypt. Come here as quickly as you can.
And so my life is safe, and I will live to tell what the Lord has done.
About this time, Hezekiah got sick and was almost dead. So I went in and told him, "The Lord says you won't ever get well. You are going to die, and so you had better start doing what needs to be done."
Jesus answered, "The Scriptures say: ‘No one can live only on food. People need every word that God has spoken.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and who is the author, giver, and maintainer of natural life; and who has promised and provided eternal life in his Son; and is himself the fountain of life, and the fountain of living waters, and a place of broad rivers and streams: particularly his lovingkindness, which is better than life, is a pure river of water of life, the streams where make glad the saints; and hence it is that the psalmist thirsted after God, and the discoveries of his love: saying,
when shall I come and appear before God? meaning, not in heaven, as desiring the beatific vision; but in the tabernacle, where were the worship of God, and the ark, the symbol of the divine Presence, and where the Israelites appeared before him, even in Zion; see Psalms 84:7.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
My soul thirsteth for God - That is, as the hind thirsts for the running stream.
For the living God - God, not merely as God, without anything more definitely specified, but God considered as living, as himself possessing life, and as having the power of imparting that life to the soul.
When shall I come and appear before God? - That is, as I have been accustomed to do in the sanctuary. When shall I be restored to the privilege of again uniting with his people in public prayer and praise? The psalmist evidently expected that this would be; but to one who loves public worship the time seems long when he is prevented from enjoying that privilege.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 42:2. When shall I come — When, when shall I have the privilege of appearing in his courts before God? In the mouth of a Christian these words would import: "When shall I see my heavenly country? When shall I come to God, the Judge of all, and to Jesus, the Mediator of the new covenant?" He who is a stranger and a pilgrim here below, and feels a heart full of piety to God, may use these words in this sense; but he who feels himself here at home, whose soul is not spiritual, wishes the earth to be eternal, and himself eternal on it-feels no panting after the living God.
