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Psalm 42:1–3

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*As the deera pants for streams of water,b

so my soul pantsc for you, my God.

My soul thirstsd for God, for the living God.e

When can I gof and meet with God?

My tearsg have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”h

Read in Logos
Psalm 42:1: As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God.

Footnotes

  1. *42:1–11 is numbered 42:2–12 in Hebrew texts.

Cross references

  1. a Ps 18:33
  2. b Dt 10:7
  3. c Job 19:27; Ps 119:131; Joel 1:20
  4. dPs 63:1; 143:6
  5. e Jos 3:10; 1Sa 14:39; Mt 16:16; Ro 9:26
  6. fPs 43:4; 84:7
  7. g Job 3:24
  8. hver 10; Ps 79:10; 115:2; Joel 2:17; Mic 7:10

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

As a deer pants for flowing streams,

so pants my soul for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God,

for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my food

day and night,

while they say to me all the day long,

“Where is your God?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

As the deer pants for streams of water,

so my soul pants for you, my God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When can I go and meet with God?

My tears have been my food

day and night,

while people say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

As a deer longs for flowing streams,

so I long for you, God.

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my food day and night,

while all day long people say to me,

“Where is your God?”

NLTNew Living Translation

As the deer longs for streams of water,

so I long for you, O God.

I thirst for God, the living God.

When can I go and stand before him?

Day and night I have only tears for food,

while my enemies continually taunt me, saying,

“Where is this God of yours?”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

As a deer longs for streams of water,

so my soul longs for you, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God.

When shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my food day and night,

while they say to me all day long,

“Where is your God?”

KJV 1900King James Version

As the hart panteth after the water brooks,

So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God:

When shall I come and appear before God?

My tears have been my meat day and night,

While they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?