Bible Compass
Log inGet started
Back to the chapter

Psalms 42:2

God's presence

1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

3 My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?

4 When I remember these things, I pour out my soul in me: for I had gone with the multitude, I went with them to the house of God, with the voice of joy and praise, with a multitude that kept holyday.

Read the whole chapter

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

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, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

    Read in context

  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

    Read in context

  • John 7:37

    In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 27:4

    One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to enquire in his temple.

    Read in context

  • Revelation 22:1

    And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 36:8–9

    They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.

    Read in context

  • Psalms 84:4

    Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

    Read in context