Psalms 42:1
To the Overseer. — An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Young's Literal Translation
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 thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
Cross References
Exodus 6:24And sons of Korah [are] Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these [are] families of the Korhite.
Numbers 16:32and the earth openeth her mouth, and swalloweth them, and their houses, and all the men who [are] for Korah, and all the goods,
1 Chronicles 6:22Sons of Kohath: Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son,
1 Chronicles 25:1And David and the heads of the host separate for service, of the sons of Asaph, and Heman, and Jeduthun, who are prophesying with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals, and the number of the workmen is according to their service.
Psalms 45:1To the Overseer. — 'On the Lilies.' — By sons of Korah. — An Instruction. — A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue [is] the pen of a speedy writer.
Psalms 47:1To the Overseer. — By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,
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 →