Verse 2

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.

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!