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Psalms 42:2

God's presence

1 As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

3 My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

4 These things come to mind as I pour out my soul: how I walked with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God with shouts of joy and praise.

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BSB
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?
KJV
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
WEB
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
ASV
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
DARBY
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
BLB
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before the face of God?
ÅB
Min sjel tørster etter Gud, etter den levende Gud; når skal jeg komme og trede fram for Guds åsyn?
OTB
Min sjel tørster etter den levende Gud;
Når skal jeg komme og tre fram for Guds åsyn?
B1930
Min sjel tørster efter Gud, efter den levende Gud; når skal jeg komme og trede frem for Guds åsyn?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 63:1

    O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

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  • Psalms 84:10

    For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.

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  • John 7:37

    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.

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  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple.

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  • Revelation 22:1

    Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb

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  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

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  • Psalms 36:8–9

    They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.

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  • Psalms 84:4

    How blessed are those who dwell in Your house! They are ever praising You. Selah

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