Psalms 42:2
(42:3) My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I go [again] and be seen in the presence of God?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
In Context
Cross References
Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby shall ye know that the living God is in the midst of you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Emorites, and the Jebusites.
Psalms 27:4One thing have I asked of the Lord, that I will seek for: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the loveliness of the Lord, and to be every morning early in his temple.
Psalms 43:4That I may go unto the altar of God, unto God the joy of my gladness; and that I may thank thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 63:3(63:4) Because thy kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee:
Psalms 84:4(84:5) Happy are they who dwell in thy house: they will be continually praising thee. Selah.
Psalms 84:10(84:11) For better is a day in thy courts than a thousand [elsewhere]: I would rather choose to wait at the threshold of the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 42:2-6
Desiring Communion with God; Mourning for the Loss of Public Ordinances. 1 As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. 2 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… Read the whole commentary →