the edge of starvation and often traveled through desert regions without water. Thirst as an image for spiritual longing is seen in passages like Psalm 42:1–2, “As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul … thirsts for … God.” The righteousness for which men and women long is the ability to live out one’s days in conformity to God’s will. This includes the final vindication of God’s redemptive mission openly acknowledged by all at his triumphal return (cf. Phil. 2:10–11). The complete satisfaction