Psalms 84:2

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:1-2 : 1 Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! 2 I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
  • Ps 143:6 : 6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)
  • Ps 119:81 : 81 כ(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
  • Ps 63:1-2 : 1 A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 2 Yes, in the sanctuary I have seen you, and witnessed your power and splendor.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.
  • Isa 64:1 : 1 (63:19b) If only you would tear apart the sky and come down! The mountains would tremble before you!
  • Ps 119:20 : 20 I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.
  • Job 23:3 : 3 O that I knew where I might find him, that I could come to his place of residence!
  • Song 2:4-5 : 4 The Banquet Hall for the Love-SickThe Beloved about Her Lover: He brought me into the banquet hall, and he looked at me lovingly. 5 Sustain me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am faint with love. The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
  • Song 5:8 : 8 The Triumph of Love: The Beloved Praises Her LoverThe Beloved to the Maidens: I admonish you, O maidens of Jerusalem– If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Ps 42:1-4
    4 verses
    82%

    1Book 2(Psalms 42-72) For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God!

    2I thirst for God, for the living God. I say,“When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”

    3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me,“Where is your God?”

    4I will remember and weep! For I was once walking along with the great throng to the temple of God, shouting and giving thanks along with the crowd as we celebrated the holy festival.

  • Ps 84:1
    79%

    1For the music director; according to the gittith style; written by the Korahites, a psalm. How lovely is the place where you live, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies!

  • Ps 63:1
    78%

    1A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.

  • Ps 143:6-7
    2 verses
    78%

    6I spread my hands out to you in prayer; my soul thirsts for you in a parched land.(Selah)

    7Answer me quickly, LORD! My strength is fading. Do not reject me, or I will join those descending into the grave.

  • Ps 119:20
    78%

    20I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.

  • Ps 38:8-10
    3 verses
    74%

    8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

    9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.

    10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see.

  • Ps 6:2-3
    2 verses
    74%

    2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am frail! Heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking!

    3I am absolutely terrified, and you, LORD– how long will this continue?

  • Ps 84:3
    74%

    3Even the birds find a home there, and the swallow builds a nest, where she can protect her young near your altars, O LORD of Heaven’s Armies, my king and my God.

  • Ps 130:5-6
    2 verses
    74%

    5I rely on the LORD, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

    6I yearn for the Lord, more than watchmen do for the morning, yes, more than watchmen do for the morning.

  • Jonah 2:7
    74%

    7When my life was ebbing away, I called out to the LORD. And my prayer came to you, to your holy temple.

  • Ps 143:4
    74%

    4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.

  • Ps 119:25
    74%

    25ד(Dalet) I collapse in the dirt. Revive me with your word!

  • Isa 26:8-9
    2 verses
    73%

    8Yes, as your judgments unfold, O LORD, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

    9I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

  • Ps 119:81-82
    2 verses
    73%

    81כ(Kaf) I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.

    82My eyes grow tired as I wait for your promise to be fulfilled. I say,“When will you comfort me?”

  • Ps 119:131
    72%

    131I open my mouth and pant, because I long for your commands.

  • Ps 102:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4My heart is parched and withered like grass, for I am unable to eat food.

    5Because of the anxiety that makes me groan, my bones protrude from my skin.

  • Ps 69:3
    72%

    3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.

  • Ps 84:10
    72%

    10Certainly spending just one day in your temple courts is better than spending a thousand elsewhere. I would rather stand at the entrance to the temple of my God than live in the tents of the wicked.

  • Ps 73:26
    71%

    26My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.

  • Ps 119:40
    71%

    40Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance!

  • Ps 26:8
    71%

    8O LORD, I love the temple where you live, the place where your splendor is revealed.

  • Ps 31:9-10
    2 verses
    71%

    9Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.

    10For my life nears its end in pain; my years draw to a close as I groan. My strength fails me because of my sin, and my bones become brittle.

  • Ps 141:1
    71%

    1A psalm of David. O LORD, I cry out to you. Come quickly to me! Pay attention to me when I cry out to you!

  • Ps 27:4
    71%

    4I have asked the LORD for one thing– this is what I desire! I want to live in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, so I can gaze at the splendor of the LORD and contemplate in his temple.

  • Ps 27:8
    71%

    8My heart tells me to pray to you, and I do pray to you, O LORD.

  • Lam 1:20
    71%

    20ר(Resh) Look, O LORD! I am distressed; my stomach is in knots! My heart is pounding inside me. Yes, I was terribly rebellious! Out in the street the sword bereaves a mother of her children; Inside the house death is present.

  • Ps 119:174
    70%

    174I long for your deliverance, O LORD; I find delight in your law.

  • Ps 142:5
    70%

    5I cry out to you, O LORD; I say,“You are my shelter, my security in the land of the living.”

  • Ps 77:2
    70%

    2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.

  • Ps 143:11
    70%

    11O LORD, for the sake of your reputation, revive me! Because of your justice, rescue me from trouble!

  • Ps 119:28
    70%

    28I collapse from grief. Sustain me by your word!

  • Ps 63:8
    70%

    8My soul pursues you; your right hand upholds me.

  • Ps 62:1
    70%

    1For the music director, Jeduthun; a psalm of David. For God alone I patiently wait; he is the one who delivers me.

  • Ps 141:8
    70%

    8Surely I am looking to you, O Sovereign LORD. In you I take shelter. Do not expose me to danger!

  • Jer 8:18
    70%

    18Then I said,“There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

  • Ps 109:22
    70%

    22For I am oppressed and needy, and my heart beats violently within me.

  • Ps 130:2
    70%

    2O Lord, listen to me! Pay attention to my plea for mercy!

  • Lam 3:24
    69%

    24“My portion is the LORD,” I have said to myself, so I will put my hope in him.