Psalms 42:2 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 42:2

My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Forty Gospel Homilies, Homily 25 (604)

First, therefore, he is sought without being found, so that afterward, when found, he may be held more tightly. For holy desires, as we have said, grow by delay. But if they fail by delay, they were not desires. With this love burned whoever was able to reach the truth. Hence David says: "My soul has thirsted for the living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?" Hence he admonishes us, saying: "Seek his face always."

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It was, (1.) When he was debarred from his outward opportunities of waiting on God, when he was banished to the land of Jordan, a great way off from the courts of God's house. Note, Sometimes God teaches us effectually to know the worth of mercies by the want of them, and whets our appetite for the means of grace by cutting us short in those means.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 2 (1870)

My soul. All my nature, my inmost self. Thirsteth. Which is more than hungering; hunger you can palliate, but thirst is awful, insatiable, clamorous, deadly. O to have the most intense craving after the highest good! this is no questionable mark of grace. For God. Not merely for the temple and the ordinances, but for fellowship with God himself. None but spiritual men can sympathise with this thirst. For the living God. Because he lives, and gives to men the living water; therefore we, with greater eagerness, desire him.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
צָמְאָ֬ה	tza.me.'Ah	it thirsts	H6770 →
נַפְשִׁ֨י׀	naf.Shi	being my	H5315 →
לֵאלֹהִים֮	le.lo.Him	for God	H430 →
לְאֵ֪ל	le.'El	for [the] God	H410 →
חָ֥י	chai	living	H2416 →
מָתַ֥י	ma.Tai	when?	H4970 →
אָב֑וֹא	'a.Vo'	will I go	H935 →
וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה	ve.'e.ra.'Eh	and I may appear?	H7200 →
פְּנֵ֣י	pe.Nei	[the] presence of	H6440 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	God	H430 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Revelation 22:1
Then the angel showed me a river of the water of life, as clear as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb
leads to
- John 4:14
  But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Revelation 7:17
  For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- John 7:38–39
  Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”
- Psalms 36:8–9
  They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
- John 4:10–11
  Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
Through
Psalms 27:4
One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the…
leads to
- Psalms 26:8
  O LORD, I love the house where You dwell, the place where Your glory resides.
- Psalms 23:6
  Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
Through
John 7:37
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
leads to
- Isaiah 55:1
  “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost!

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms