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20 I am always overwhelmed
    with a desire for your regulations.

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I long, yes, I faint with longing
    to enter the courts of the Lord.
With my whole being, body and soul,
    I will shout joyfully to the living God.

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11 For I have stayed on God’s paths;
    I have followed his ways and not turned aside.
12 I have not departed from his commands,
    but have treasured his words more than daily food.

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131 I pant with expectation,
    longing for your commands.

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Psalm 63

A psalm of David, regarding a time when David was in the wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God;
    I earnestly search for you.
My soul thirsts for you;
    my whole body longs for you
in this parched and weary land
    where there is no water.

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Book two (Psalms 42–72)

Psalm 42

For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.

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?

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Footnotes

  1. 42:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.

174 O Lord, I have longed for your rescue,
    and your instructions are my delight.

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40 I long to obey your commandments!
    Renew my life with your goodness.

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15 “I know all the things you do, that you are neither hot nor cold. I wish that you were one or the other! 16 But since you are like lukewarm water, neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth!

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17 A friend is always loyal,
    and a brother is born to help in time of need.

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10 Can they take delight in the Almighty?
    Can they call to God at any time?

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a dream fulfilled is a tree of life.

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There is joy for those who deal justly with others
    and always do what is right.

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