Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
World English Bible Classic
In The King James Version
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
In Context
1As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually ask me, “Where is your God?”
Cross References
Joshua 3:10Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive the Canaanite, the Hittite, the Hivite, the Perizzite, the Girgashite, the Amorite, and the Jebusite out from before you.
Psalms 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to inquire in his temple.
Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
Psalms 63:3Because your loving kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise you.
Psalms 84:4Blessed are those who dwell in your house. They are always praising you. Selah.
Psalms 84:10For a day in your courts is better than a thousand. I would rather be a doorkeeper in 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 →