Psalm 42:1-2

Why Are You Cast Down, O My Soul?

Book Two

To the choirmaster. A Maskil 1 of the Sons of Korah.

1
t As a deer pants for flowing streams,
so pants my soul for you, O God.
 2 u My soul thirsts for God,
for v the living God.
When shall I come and w appear before God? 2

  1. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 6:33
    These are the men who served and their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman the singer the son of Joel, son of Samuel.
    1 Chronicles 6:37
    Son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah.
  2. Cross References
    Joel 1:20
    Even the beasts of the field pant for you because the water brooks are dried up, and fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 63:1
    O God, you are my God; earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you; my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.
    John 7:37
    On the last day of the feast, the great day, Jesus stood up and cried out, "If anyone thirsts, let him come to me and drink.
    Isaiah 41:17
    When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue is parched with thirst, I the Lord will answer them; I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
    Isaiah 55:1
    Come, everyone who thirsts, come to the waters; and he who has no money, come, buy and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.
    Psalms 84:2
    My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 84:2
    My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.
    Joshua 3:10
    And Joshua said, "Here is how you shall know that the living God is among you and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Hivites, the Perizzites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
    Daniel 6:26
    I make 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, enduring forever; his kingdom shall never be destroyed, and his dominion shall be to the end.
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 84:7
    They go from strength to strength; each one appears before God in Zion.
    Exodus 23:17
    Three times in the year shall all your males appear before the Lord God.
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