Psalms 42:2

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As a deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.

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  • Ps 63:1 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the wilderness of Judah.
  • Ps 84:2 : 2 How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!
  • Ps 27:4 : 4 One thing I have asked from the Lord; this I will seek: to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.
  • Ps 36:8-9 : 8 How precious is your steadfast love, O God! The children of men take refuge in the shadow of your wings. 9 They feast on the abundance of your house, and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
  • Ps 43:4 : 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
  • Ps 84:10 : 10 Behold our shield, O God, and look with favor upon Your anointed.
  • John 7:37 : 37 On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and cried out, 'If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.'
  • Rev 22:1 : 1 Then the angel showed me a pure river of the water of life, clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb.
  • Jer 2:13 : 13 For my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the spring of living water, and they have dug their own cisterns—broken cisterns that cannot hold water.
  • Jer 10:10 : 10 But the Lord is the true God; He is the living God, the eternal King. When He is angry, the earth trembles; the nations cannot endure His wrath.
  • Ps 84:4 : 4 Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young—at Your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King and my God.
  • 1 Thess 1:9 : 9 For they themselves tell about how you welcomed us and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 I issue a decree that in all my royal dominion, people are to tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. For He is the living God and He endures forever; His kingdom will never be destroyed, and His dominion will have no end.
  • John 5:26 : 26 For just as the Father has life in Himself, so He has granted the Son also to have life in Himself.
  • Ps 84:7 : 7 As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; the early rain covers it with blessings.
  • Exod 23:17 : 17 Three times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign Lord, the LORD.
  • Josh 3:10 : 10 Joshua said, 'By this you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.'
  • Job 23:3 : 3 If only I knew where to find him, so that I might come to his dwelling.

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    1For the director of music, a contemplative psalm of the sons of Korah.

  • Ps 84:2
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    2How lovely are Your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts!

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    2 verses
    82%

    1A psalm of David, written when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

    2O God, you are my God; I earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

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    3My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

    4My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'

    5These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go with the multitude, leading the procession to the house of God, with shouts of joy and thanksgiving among the celebrating crowd.

    6Why are you downcast, O my soul? Why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.

    7My God, my soul is downcast within me. Therefore I will remember you from the land of the Jordan, the heights of Hermon, from Mount Mizar.

    8Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.

    9By day the LORD commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me—a prayer to the God of my life.

    10I say to God, my rock: 'Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go about mourning, oppressed by the enemy?'

    11With crushing pain in my bones, my enemies taunt me, saying to me all day long, 'Where is your God?'

  • Ps 143:6-7
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    6I stretch out my hands to you; my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah.

    7Answer me quickly, Lord, for my spirit is fading. Do not hide your face from me, or I will be like those who go down to the pit.

  • Ps 69:1-3
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    1For the choir director: A song to be sung to the tune of 'Lilies.' A psalm of David.

    2Save me, God, because the waters have come up to my neck.

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    7To the roots of the mountains, I descended. The earth beneath barred me in forever, but You brought my life up from the pit, LORD my God.

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    8My heart says about You, 'Seek His face.' Lord, I will seek Your face.

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    4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

    5Why are you cast down, my soul, and why are you so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will still praise Him—my Savior and my God.

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    20My soul is crushed with longing for Your judgments at all times.

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    25My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to Your word.

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    3Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking with fear.

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    82My eyes fail, longing for Your promise, saying, 'When will You comfort me?

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    24For my sighing comes before my food, and my groanings pour out like water.

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    5I wait for the LORD; my soul waits, and I put my hope in His word.

    6My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning.

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    9My soul yearns for You in the night; my spirit within me earnestly seeks You. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

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    9I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

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    4My spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart is appalled inside me.

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    40Behold, I long for Your precepts; in Your righteousness give me life.

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    2Listen to my words, LORD; consider my meditation.

  • Ps 119:131
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    131I open my mouth wide and pant, longing for Your commandments.

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