Psalms 41:3
My soul has thirsted for the strong living God. When will I draw close and appear before the face of God?
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In Context
2As the deer longs for fountains of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
4My tears have been my bread, day and night. Meanwhile, it is said to me daily: “Where is your God?”
Cross References
2 Kings 1:6But they responded to him: “A man met us, and he said to us: ‘Go, and return to the king who sent you. And you shall say to him: Thus says the Lord: Is it because there was no God in Israel that you are sending to consult Beelzebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore, from the bed to which you have ascended, you shall not descend. Instead, dying you shall die.’”
2 Kings 20:5“Return and tell Hezekiah, the leader of my people: Thus says the Lord, the God of your father David: I have heard your prayer, and I have seen your tears. And behold, I have healed you. On the third day, you shall ascend to the temple of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 4:16For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 41:2-5
Promises to Those Who Consider the Poor. 1 Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. 2 The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. 3 The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. 4 I said, Lord , be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee. In these verses we have, I. God's promises of… Read the whole commentary →