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Psalm 42:2

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42:2I thirst4 for God,

for the living God.

I say,5 “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?”6

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Footnotes

  1. 4 Or “my soul thirsts.”
  2. 5 The words “I say” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.
  3. 6 Heb “When will I go and appear [to] the face of God?” Some emend the Niphal verbal form אֵרָאֶה (’era’eh, “I will appear”) to a Qal אֶרְאֶה (’er’eh, “I will see”; see Gen 33:10), but the Niphal can be retained if one understands ellipsis of אֶת (’et) before “face” (see Exod 34:24; Deut 31:11).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My soul thirsts for God,

for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I come and appear before God?

NLTNew Living Translation

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I go and stand before him?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

KJV 1900King James Version

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

When shall I come and appear before God?