Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for a GOD who liveth,—When shall I enter in, and see the face of God?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 hart, cometh panting up to the channels of water, So my soul, panteth for thee, O God.
Cross References
Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, Hereby, shall ye know, that a Living GOD is in your midst,—and that he will, certainly dispossess, from before you, the Canaanite and the Hittite, and the Hivite and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
Psalms 27:4One thing, have I asked of Yahweh, That, will I seek to secure,—That I may dwell in the house of Yahweh, all the days of my life, To view the delightfulness of Yahweh, And to contemplate in his temple.
Psalms 43:4That I may go in unto the altar of God, Unto GOD, mine exultant joy,—That I may praise thee with the lyre, O God—mine own God!
Psalms 63:3Because better is thy lovingkindness than life, My lips, aloud shall praise thee!
Psalms 84:4How happy are they who abide in thy house,—Still are they praising thee. [Selah.]
Psalms 84:10For better is a day in thy courts, than a thousand, I choose rather to stand at the threshold in the house of my God, Than to dwell in the tents of lawlessness.
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 →