20 My soul is consumed(A) with longing
    for your laws(B) at all times.

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20 My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times.

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My soul yearns,(A) even faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh cry out
    for the living God.(B)

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My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Psalm 63[a]

A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah.

You, God, are my God,
    earnestly I seek you;
I thirst for you,(A)
    my whole being longs for you,
in a dry and parched land
    where there is no water.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 63:1 In Hebrew texts 63:1-11 is numbered 63:2-12.

63 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;

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131 I open my mouth and pant,(A)
    longing for your commands.(B)

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131 I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

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BOOK II

Psalms 42–72

Psalm 42[a][b]

For the director of music. A maskil[c] of the Sons of Korah.

As the deer(A) pants for streams of water,(B)
    so my soul pants(C) for you, my God.
My soul thirsts(D) for God, for the living God.(E)
    When can I go(F) and meet with God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 In many Hebrew manuscripts Psalms 42 and 43 constitute one psalm.
  2. Psalm 42:1 In Hebrew texts 42:1-11 is numbered 42:2-12.
  3. Psalm 42:1 Title: Probably a literary or musical term

42 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?

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11 My feet have closely followed his steps;(A)
    I have kept to his way without turning aside.(B)
12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(C)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(D)

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11 My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.

12 Neither have I gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have esteemed the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

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15 I know your deeds,(A) that you are neither cold nor hot.(B) I wish you were either one or the other! 16 So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.

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15 I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

16 So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.

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17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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174 I long for your salvation,(A) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.(B)

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174 I have longed for thy salvation, O Lord; and thy law is my delight.

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40 How I long(A) for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.(B)

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40 Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: quicken me in thy righteousness.

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10 Will they find delight in the Almighty?(A)
    Will they call on God at all times?

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10 Will he delight himself in the Almighty? will he always call upon God?

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

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