Psalms 42:1
Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
In Context
2I thirst for God, for my living God. When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
Cross References
Psalms 45:1My heart is astir with beautiful words: I will sing a song, concerning the king, with tongue like the pen of a ready writer.
Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples: shout to God in ringing cries.
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 →