Psalms 42:1
As, the hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
In Context
2My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth,—When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
Cross References
Exodus 6:24And the sons of Korah, Assir and Elkanah, and Abiasaph. These are the families of the Korahites.
Numbers 16:32and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up them, and their households,—and all the human beings who pertained unto Korah, with all their goods:
1 Chronicles 6:22The sons of Kohath, Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son;
1 Chronicles 25:1And David and the captains of the host set apart for service, unto the sons of Asaph and Heman and Jeduthun, such as should prophesy, with lyres, with harps, and with cymbals,—and, the number of the workers, for their service, was:
Psalms 45:1Overflowed hath my heart, with an excellent theme, I will recite my poem concerning the king, Be, my tongue, [like] the pen of a scribe who is skilled.
Psalms 47:1All ye peoples, clap your hands, Shout unto God, with the voice of triumph;
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 →