Psalm 73:25
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
I desire you more than anything on earth.
Philippians 3:8
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8 Yes, everything else is worthless when compared with the infinite value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have discarded everything else, counting it all as garbage, so that I could gain Christ
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Psalm 16:2
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2 I said to the Lord, “You are my Master!
Every good thing I have comes from you.”
Psalm 63:3
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3 Your unfailing love is better than life itself;
how I praise you!
Psalm 16:5
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5 Lord, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing.
You guard all that is mine.
Isaiah 26:8-9
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8 Lord, we show our trust in you by obeying your laws;
our heart’s desire is to glorify your name.
9 In the night I search for you;
in the morning[a] I earnestly seek you.
For only when you come to judge the earth
will people learn what is right.
Footnotes
- 26:9 Hebrew within me.
Psalm 104:34
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34 May all my thoughts be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Matthew 10:37
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37 “If you love your father or mother more than you love me, you are not worthy of being mine; or if you love your son or daughter more than me, you are not worthy of being mine.
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Psalm 37:4
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4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you your heart’s desires.
Psalm 143:6-8
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6 I lift my hands to you in prayer.
I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
7 Come quickly, Lord, and answer me,
for my depression deepens.
Don’t turn away from me,
or I will die.
8 Let me hear of your unfailing love each morning,
for I am trusting you.
Show me where to walk,
for I give myself to you.
Psalm 89:6
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6 For who in all of heaven can compare with the Lord?
What mightiest angel is anything like the Lord?
Psalm 43:4
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4 There I will go to the altar of God,
to God—the source of all my joy.
I will praise you with my harp,
O God, my God!
Psalm 16:11
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11 You will show me the way of life,
granting me the joy of your presence
and the pleasures of living with you forever.[a]
Revelation 21:3
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3 I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, God’s home is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them.[a]
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- 21:3 Some manuscripts read God himself will be with them, their God.
1 John 3:2
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2 Dear friends, we are already God’s children, but he has not yet shown us what we will be like when Christ appears. But we do know that we will be like him, for we will see him as he really is.
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Psalm 42:1-2
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Book two (Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
For the choir director: A psalm[a] of the descendants of Korah.
1 As the deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for you, O God.
2 I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him?
Footnotes
- 42:Title Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.
Matthew 5:8
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8 God blesses those whose hearts are pure,
for they will see God.
Habakkuk 3:17-18
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17 Even though the fig trees have no blossoms,
and there are no grapes on the vines;
even though the olive crop fails,
and the fields lie empty and barren;
even though the flocks die in the fields,
and the cattle barns are empty,
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord!
I will be joyful in the God of my salvation!
Psalm 17:15
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15 Because I am righteous, I will see you.
When I awake, I will see you face to face and be satisfied.
Revelation 21:22-23
New Living Translation
22 I saw no temple in the city, for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are its temple. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon, for the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its light.
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