Psalms Chapter 42 verse 2 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
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BBE Psalms 42:2

My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?
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DARBY Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living ùGod: when shall I come and appear before God?
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KJV Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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WBT Psalms 42:2

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.
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WEB Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?
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YLT Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
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Psalms 42 : 2 Bible Verse Songs

Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - My soul thirsteth for God (comp. Psalm 63:1; Psalm 143:6; Isaiah 55:1). The devout soul is always athirst for God. David felt his severance from the tabernacle and its services as a sort of severance from God himself, whom he was accustomed to approach through the services of the sanctuary (see 2 Samuel 15:25, 26). For the living God. This title of God occurs only in one other psalm (Psalm 84:2); but it was a title familiar to David (1 Samuel 17:27). It is first used in Deuteronomy 5:26; and, later, in Joshua 3:10; 2 Kings 19:4, 16; Isaiah 37:4, 17; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 23:36; Daniel 6:26; Hosea 1:10. It expresses that essential attribute of God that he is "the eternal Life" (1 John 5:20), the Source and Origin of all life, whether angelic, human, or animal. When shall I come and appear before God? Appearance in the tabernacle must here be specially meant, but with this David connects his return to God's favour and to the light of his countenance (2 Samuel 15:25).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Thirsteth.--The metaphor occurs exactly in the same form (Psalm 63:1), and only calls for notice since "God" Himself is here made the subject of the thirst, instead of righteousness, or knowledge, or power, as in the familiar and frequent use of the metaphor in other parts of the Bible, and in other literature.The living God.--Evidently, from the metaphor, regarded as the fountain or source of life. (Comp. Psalm 84:2; Psalm 36:9.)Appear before God.--Exodus 23:17 shows that this was the usual phrase for frequenting the sanctuary (comp. Psalm 84:7), though poetic brevity here slightly altered its form and construction. . . .