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Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Webster Bible

In The King James Version

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

In Context

1To 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.

3My tears have been my food day and night, while they continually say to me, Where is thy God?

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Cross References

Joshua 3:10And Joshua said, By this ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.

Psalms 27:4One thing have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.

Psalms 43:4Then will I go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy: yes, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

Psalms 63:3Because thy loving-kindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee.

Psalms 84:4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

Psalms 84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

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Study Psalms 42:2

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