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Psalms 42:2

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

KJV

Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea : quare me repulisti ? et quare tristis incedo, dum affligit me inimicus ?

Vulgate

ὅτι σὺ εἶ ὁ θεὸς κραταίωμά μου· ἵνα τί ἀπώσω με; καὶ ἵνα τί σκυθρωπάζων πορεύομαι ἐν τῷ ἐκθλίβειν τὸν ἐχθρόν μου;

LXX

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

ASV

כְּ/אַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל אֲפִֽיקֵי מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨/י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣י/ךָ אֱלֹהִֽים

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲפִיקִ֣ים
'pyqym
noun · 18×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אַיָּֽל
'yl
noun · 11×
י
y
noun · 752×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
כֵ֗ן
kn
adjective · 767×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
תַּעֲר֣וֹג
t'rvg
verb · 3×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Thess 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;
  • 1Thess 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;
  • 1Tim 3:15 — But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
  • 2Cor 3:3 — Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshy tables of the h
  • 2Kgs 2:14 — And he took the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and smote the waters, and said, Where is the LORD God of Elijah? and when he also had smitten the waters, they parted hither and thither: and Elish
  • Dan 6:26 — I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed,
  • Exod 23:17 — Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the LORD God.
  • Isa 41:17 — When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the LORD will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them.
  • Jer 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.
  • Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Jer 10:10 — But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.
  • Job 23:3 — Oh that I knew where I might find him! that I might come even to his seat!
  • John 5:26 — For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself;
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Josh 3:10 — And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, a
  • Matt 16:16 — And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 36:8 — They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 63:1 — 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;
  • Ps 69:14 — Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 84:4 — Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.
  • Ps 84:7 — They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Ps 84:7 — They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
  • Ps 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.
  • Rev 7:16 — They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more; neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat.
  • Rev 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.
  • Zeph 3:18 — I will gather them that are sorrowful for the solemn assembly, who are of thee, to whom the reproach of it was a burden.