Psalms 42:1

KJV1611 – Modern English

As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.

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  • Ps 84:1-2 : 1 How lovely are your dwelling places, O LORD of hosts! 2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Ps 119:131 : 131 I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your commandments.
  • Ps 143:6-7 : 6 I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah. 7 Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.
  • Ps 48:1 : 1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in His holy mountain.
  • Ps 63:1-2 : 1 O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water; 2 To see your power and your glory, as I have seen you in the sanctuary.
  • Ps 85:1 : 1 LORD, You have been favorable to Your land; You have brought back the captivity of Jacob.
  • Ps 46:1 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
  • Isa 26:8-9 : 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You. 9 With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
  • Ps 47:1 : 1 Clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with a voice of triumph.
  • Ps 45:1 : 1 My heart is overflowing with a good matter: I speak of the things I have composed concerning the king: my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
  • Num 16:32 : 32 And the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, with their houses, and all the men that belonged to Korah, and all their goods.
  • 1 Chr 25:1-5 : 1 Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for service the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, psalteries, and cymbals: and the number of the workers according to their service was: 2 Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the direction of Asaph, who prophesied according to the king's order. 3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD. 4 Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth: 5 All these were the sons of Heman, the king's seer in the words of God, to exalt the horn. And God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.
  • Ps 44:1 : 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 42:2-7
    6 verses
    90%

    2My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

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

    4When I remember these things, I pour out my soul within 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 multitude that kept a feast.

    5Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him for the help of His countenance.

    6O my God, my soul is cast down within me: therefore I will remember You from the land of Jordan, and of the Hermonites, from the hill Mizar.

    7Deep calls unto deep at the noise of Your waterfalls: all Your waves and billows have gone over me.

  • 1O God, you are my God; early will I seek you: my soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you in a dry and thirsty land, where there is no water;

  • Ps 143:6-7
    2 verses
    82%

    6I stretch forth my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a thirsty land. Selah.

    7Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails: do not hide Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

  • 2My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

  • 3I am weary of my crying; my throat is dry; my eyes fail while I wait for my God.

  • 131I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your commandments.

  • 1Save me, O God, for the waters have come up to my soul.

  • 20My soul breaks with longing for Your judgments at all times.

  • 1Truly my soul waits upon God; from Him comes my salvation.

  • Ps 38:9-10
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    73%

    9Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

  • 25DALETH. My soul clings to the dust; revive me according to Your word.

  • 21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pierced in my mind.

  • 8When You said, 'Seek My face,' my heart said to You, 'Your face, LORD, I will seek.'

  • Ps 130:5-6
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    72%

    5I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope.

    6My soul waits for the Lord more than those who watch for the morning; yes, more than those who watch for the morning.

  • 1Preserve me, O God, for in You do I put my trust.

  • 40Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.

  • 1Hear my cry, O God; attend to my prayer.

  • 1Out of the depths I have cried to you, O LORD.

  • Ps 42:9-11
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    72%

    9I will say to God my rock, Why have You forgotten me? why do I go mourning because of the oppression of the enemy?

    10As with a sword in my bones, my enemies reproach me; while they say daily unto me, Where is your God?

    11Why are you cast down, O my soul? and why are you disquieted within me? hope in God: for I shall yet praise Him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.

  • 8My soul follows hard after you: your right hand upholds me.

  • 24For my sighing comes before I eat, and my groanings are poured out like water.

  • 4Therefore my spirit is overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

  • 1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.

  • 1Make haste, O God, to deliver me; make haste to help me, O LORD.

  • 11Revive me, O LORD, for Your name’s sake; for Your righteousness’ sake, bring my soul out of trouble.

  • Ps 22:14-15
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    71%

    14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within me.

    15My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue clings to my jaws; You have brought me into the dust of death.

  • 9With my soul I have desired You in the night; yes, with my spirit within me I will seek You early; for when Your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • 4Then will I go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; yes, upon the harp I will praise you, O God my God.

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    3My soul is also greatly troubled: but You, O LORD, how long?

  • 10With my whole heart I have sought You; oh, let me not wander from Your commandments.

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

  • Ps 102:4-5
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    71%

    4My heart is stricken and withered like grass, so I forget to eat my bread.

    5Because of the voice of my groaning, my bones cling to my skin.

  • 1I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.

  • 5Hungry and thirsty, their soul fainted in them.

  • 1LORD, I cry to you; make haste to me; listen to my voice when I cry to you.

  • 1Hear my prayer, O LORD, and let my cry come to you.

  • 20The animals of the field cry also to you: for the rivers are dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

  • 7When my soul fainted within me, I remembered the LORD; and my prayer came to You, into Your holy temple.