Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
Psalms 42:2 in other translations
| BSB | My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence? |
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| WEB | My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? |
| ASV | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God? |
| YLT | My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God? |
| DARBY | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? |
| BBE | My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God? |
| Webster | My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? |
What does Psalms 42:2 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 42:1-2
Psa 42:1-11. Maschil--(See on Psa 32:1, title). For, or of (see Introduction) the sons of Korah. The writer, perhaps one of this Levitical family of singers accompanying David in exile, mourns his absence from the sanctuary, a cause of grief aggravated by the taunts of enemies, and is comforted in hopes of relief. This course of thought is repeated with some variety of detail, but closing with the same refrain. 1-2…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 42:1-5
The conflict in the soul of a believer. Verses 1-5 The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. Living souls never can take up their rest any where short of a living God. To appear before the Lord is the desire of…
Psalms 42:2 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 42:2
- Psalms 63:1
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
- Psalms 84:10
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
- Psalms 27:4
One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.
- Revelation 22:1
And he shewed me a pure river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
- Psalms 84:2
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- Psalms 36:8-9
They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures. For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
- Psalms 84:4
Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
- Job 23:3
Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
- Psalms 43:4
Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves shew of us what manner of entering in we had unto you, and how ye turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God;
- Jeremiah 2:13
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
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Context
- Psalms 42:1
To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
- Psalms 42:2
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
- Psalms 42:3
My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?
Psalms 42:2 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mi alma tiene sed de Dios, del Dios vivo: ¡cuándo vendré, y pareceré delante de Dios! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Comme le cerf brame après les courants d’eau, ainsi mon âme crie après toi, ô Dieu! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Meine Seele dürstet nach Gott, nach dem lebendigen Gott:Wann werde ich kommen und erscheinen vor Gottes Angesicht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea: quare me repulisti? et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus? |