Psalms 42:1
As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
In Context
2I am thirsty for God, the living God. When can I go and see God's face?
Cross References
Exodus 6:24The sons of Korah were Assir, Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These were the Korahite families.
Numbers 16:32and the earth opened up and swallowed them and their households down, as well as everyone who was there with Korah and everything that belonged to them.
1 Chronicles 6:22The descendants of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 25:1David and the leaders of the Levites chose men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to serve by prophesying accompanied by lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is the list of those who performed this service:
Psalms 45:1I am moved to write about this wonderful subject. Let me share what I have written for the king. What I say comes from the pen of a skilled author.
Psalms 47:1Everyone, clap your hands! Shout with joy to the Lord!
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:1
If the book of Psalms be, as some have styled it, a mirror or looking-glass of pious and devout affections, this psalm in particular deserves, as much as any one psalm, to be so entitled, and is as proper as any to kindle and excite such in us: gracious desires are here strong and fervent; gracious hopes and fears, joys and sorrows, are here struggling, but the pleasing passion comes off a conqueror. Or we may take it for a conflict between sense and faith, sense objecting and faith answering. I. Faith begins with… Read the whole commentary →