BOOK 2

Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.

For the music director. A [a]Maskil of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [c](A)pants for You, God.
My soul (B)thirsts for God, for the (C)living God;
When shall I come and [d](D)appear before God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
  3. Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
  4. Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God

The Thirsting Soul Satisfied in God.

A Psalm of David, [a]when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 God, (A)You are my God; I shall be watching for You;
My soul (B)thirsts for You, my flesh yearns for You,
In a (C)dry and exhausted land where there is no water.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63 Title 1 Sam 22:5; 23:14

My (A)soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the (B)living God.

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40 Behold, I (A)long for Your precepts;
Revive me through Your righteousness.

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131 I (A)opened my mouth wide and (B)panted,
For I (C)longed for Your commandments.

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