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King James Version (1611 Edition)

Psalms 42:2

My soule thirsteth for God, for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before God?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Desire;   Seekers;   Thirst;   Zeal, Religious;   Thompson Chain Reference - Desire;   Desire-Satisfaction;   Hunger;   Living God;   Spiritual;   Thirst, Spiritual;   The Topic Concordance - Thirst;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Access to God;   Hart, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Korah;   Poetry of the Hebrews;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Appear, Appearance;   Drink;   Person, Personhood;   Soul;   Spirituality;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Doe;   Humanity;   Soul;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Face;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jonah;   Korah, Korahites;   Music and Musical Instruments;   Prayer;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Lust;   Thirst;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - David;   God;   Korah;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Thirst;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Music;   Praise;   Prayer;   Psalms, Book of;   Soul;   Thirst;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for July 14;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 31;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I thirst for God, the living God.When can I come and appear before God?
Hebrew Names Version
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
King James Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
English Standard Version
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
New Century Version
I thirst for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?
New English Translation
I thirst for God, for the living God. I say, "When will I be able to go and appear in God's presence?"
Amplified Bible
My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God?
New American Standard Bible
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?
World English Bible
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Geneva Bible (1587)
My soule thirsteth for God, euen for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before the presence of God?
Legacy Standard Bible
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;When shall I come and appear before God?
Berean Standard Bible
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God's presence?
Contemporary English Version
In my heart, I am thirsty for you, the living God. When will I see your face?
Complete Jewish Bible
Just as a deer longs for running streams, God, I long for you.
Darby Translation
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Easy-to-Read Version
My soul thirsts for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?
George Lamsa Translation
My soul thirsts after thee, O living God; when shall I come to see thy face?
Good News Translation
I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence?
Lexham English Bible
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
Literal Translation
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; when shall I come and see the face of God?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My teares are my meate daye and night, whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me: where is now thy God?
American Standard Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
Bible in Basic English
My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
English Revised Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Mi soule thirstide to God, `that is a `quik welle; whanne schal Y come, and appere bifor the face of God?
Update Bible Version
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: When shall I come and see the face of God?
Webster's Bible Translation
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
New King James Version
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.When shall I come and appear before God? [fn]
New Living Translation
I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?
New Life Bible
My soul is thirsty for God, for the living God. When will I come and meet with God?
New Revised Standard
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth, - When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(41-3) My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?
Revised Standard Version
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and behold the face of God?
Young's Literal Translation
My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?

Contextual Overview

1 [To the chiefe Musician, Maschil, for the sonnes of Korah.] As the Hart panteth after the water brookes, so panteth my soule after thee, O God. 2 My soule thirsteth for God, for the liuing God: when shall I come and appeare before God? 3 My teares haue bene my meate day and night; while they continually say vnto me, Where is thy God? 4 When I remember these things, I powre out my soule in mee; for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God; with the voyce of ioy and praise, with a multitude that kept holy day. 5 Why art thou cast downe, O my soule, and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God, for I shall yet praise him for the helpe of his countenance.

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

Genesis 43:2
And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne, which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said vnto them, Goe againe, buy vs a little foode.
Genesis 43:4
If thou wilt send our brother with vs, we will goe downe and buy thee food.
Genesis 43:8
And Iudah said vnto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and wee will arise and go, that we may liue, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones.
Genesis 45:9
Haste you, and goe vp to my father, and say vnto him, Thus saith thy sonne Ioseph; God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come downe vnto me, tary not.
Psalms 118:17
I shall not die, but liue: and declare the workes of the Lord.
Isaiah 38:1
In those daies was Hezekiah sicke vnto death: and Isaiah the Prophet the sonne of Amoz came vnto him, and said vnto him; Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order: for thou shalt die, and not liue.
Matthew 4:4
But he answered, and said, It is written, Man shall not liue by bread alone, but by euery word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

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.


 
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