I spread out my hands to You;
(A)My soul longs for You like a thirsty land. Selah

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I spread out my hands(A) to you;
    I thirst for you like a parched land.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 143:6 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

Joy in the Fellowship of God

A Psalm of David (A)when he was in the wilderness of Judah.

63 O God, You are my God;
Early will I seek You;
(B)My soul thirsts for You;
My flesh longs for You
In a dry and thirsty land
Where there is no water.

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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.

BOOK TWO

Psalms 42–72

Yearning for God in the Midst of Distresses

To the Chief Musician. A [a]Contemplation of the sons of Korah.

42 As the deer [b]pants for the water brooks,
So pants my soul for You, O God.
(A)My soul thirsts for God, for the (B)living God.
When shall I come and [c]appear before God?

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 42:1 Heb. Maschil
  2. Psalm 42:1 Lit. longs for
  3. Psalm 42:2 So with MT, Vg.; some Heb. mss., LXX, Syr., Tg. I see the face of God

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

13 “If you would (A)prepare your heart,
And (B)stretch out your hands toward Him;

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13 “Yet if you devote your heart(A) to him
    and stretch out your hands(B) to him,(C)

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My eye wastes away because of affliction.

(A)Lord, I have called daily upon You;
I have stretched out my hands to You.

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    my eyes(A) are dim with grief.

I call(B) to you, Lord, every day;
    I spread out my hands(C) to you.

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

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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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20 If we had forgotten the name of our God,
Or (A)stretched[a] out our hands to a foreign god,

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  1. Psalm 44:20 Worshiped

20 If we had forgotten(A) the name of our God
    or spread out our hands to a foreign god,(B)

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Yes, (A)in the way of Your judgments,
O Lord, we have (B)waited for You;
The desire of our soul is for Your name
And for the remembrance of You.
(C)With my soul I have desired You in the night,
Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early;
For when Your judgments are in the earth,
The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

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Yes, Lord, walking in the way of your laws,[a](A)
    we wait(B) for you;
your name(C) and renown
    are the desire of our hearts.
My soul yearns for you in the night;(D)
    in the morning my spirit longs(E) for you.
When your judgments(F) come upon the earth,
    the people of the world learn righteousness.(G)

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  1. Isaiah 26:8 Or judgments

The parched ground shall become a pool,
And the thirsty land springs of water;
In (A)the habitation of jackals, where each lay,
There shall be grass with reeds and rushes.

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The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground(A) bubbling springs.(B)
In the haunts where jackals(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds(D) and papyrus will grow.

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The Promise of the Holy Spirit

37 (A)On the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, saying, (B)“If anyone thirsts, let him come to Me and drink.

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37 On the last and greatest day of the festival,(A) Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink.(B)

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