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My soul longs, indeed it faints,
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and my flesh sing for joy
    to the living God.(A)

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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.(A)

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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.

As a deer longs for flowing streams,
    so my soul longs for you, O God.(A)
My soul thirsts for God,
    for the living God.
When shall I come and behold
    the face of God?(B)

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I stretch out my hands to you;
    my soul thirsts for you like a parched land. Selah(A)

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81 My soul languishes for your salvation;
    I hope in your word.(A)

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26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
    but God is the strength[a] of my heart and my portion forever.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 73.26 Heb rock

Psalm 63

Comfort and Assurance in God’s Presence

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah.

O God, you are my God; I seek you;
    my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.(A)
So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary,
    beholding your power and glory.(B)

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

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Oh, that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his dwelling!(A)

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64 O that you would tear open the heavens and come down,
    so that the mountains would quake at your presence—(A)

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