Psalms 42:1
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
Webster Bible
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 the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Cross References
Exodus 6:24And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families of the Korhites.
Numbers 16:32And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that appertained to Korah, and all their goods.
1 Chronicles 6:22The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 25:1Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
Psalms 45:1To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalms 47:1To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout to 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 →