Psalm 73:25
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25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire other than you.(A)
Philippians 3:8
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8 More than that, I regard everything as loss because of the surpassing value of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things, and I regard them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ(A)
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Psalm 16:2
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2 I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
I have no good apart from you.”[a]
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Psalm 63:3
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3 Because your steadfast love is better than life,
my lips will praise you.(A)
Psalm 16:5
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5 The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup;
you hold my lot.(A)
Isaiah 26:8-9
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8 In the path of your judgments,
O Lord, we have placed hope;
your name and your renown
are the soul’s desire.(A)
9 My soul yearns for you in the night;
my spirit within me earnestly seeks you.
For when your judgments are in the earth,
the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.(B)
Psalm 104:34
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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
for I rejoice in the Lord.
Psalm 37:4
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4 Take delight in the Lord,
and he will give you the desires of your heart.(A)
1 John 3:2
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2 Beloved, we are God’s children now; what we will be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is this: when he[a] is revealed, we will be like him, for we will see him as he is.(A)
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Matthew 10:37
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37 “Whoever loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me,(A)
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Matthew 5:8
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8 “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.(A)
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Psalm 143:6-8
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6 I stretch out my hands to you;
my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)
7 Answer me quickly, O Lord;
my spirit fails.
Do not hide your face from me,
or I shall be like those who go down to the Pit.(B)
8 Let me hear of your steadfast love in the morning,
for in you I put my trust.
Teach me the way I should go,
for to you I lift up my soul.(C)
Psalm 89:6
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6 For who in the skies can be compared to the Lord?
Who among the heavenly beings is like the Lord,(A)
Psalm 43:4
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4 Then I will go to the altar of God,
to God my exceeding joy,
and I will praise you with the harp,
O God, my God.(A)
Psalm 42:1-2
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Book II
(Psalms 42–72)
Psalm 42
Longing for God and His Help in Distress
To the leader. A Maskil of the Korahites.
1 As a deer longs for flowing streams,
so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
2 My soul thirsts for God,
for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
the face of God?(B)
Psalm 16:11
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11 You show me the path of life.
In your presence there is fullness of joy;
in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.(A)
Habakkuk 3:17-18
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Trust and Joy in the Midst of Trouble
17 Though the fig tree does not blossom
and no fruit is on the vines;
though the produce of the olive fails
and the fields yield no food;
though the flock is cut off from the fold
and there is no herd in the stalls,(A)
18 yet I will rejoice in the Lord;
I will exult in the God of my salvation.(B)
Psalm 17:15
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15 As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake I shall be satisfied, beholding your likeness.(A)
Revelation 21:22-23
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22 I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. 23 And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.(A)
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