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My soul thirsts for God, the living God.
    When can I enter and see the face of God?[a](A)

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  1. 42:3 See the face of God: “face” designates a personal presence (Gn 33:10; Ex 10:28–29; 2 Sm 17:11). The expressions “see God/God’s face” occur elsewhere (Ps 11:7; 17:15; cf. Ex 24:10; 33:7–11; Jb 33:26) for the presence of God in the Temple.

Those times I recall
    as I pour out my soul,(A)
When I would cross over to the shrine of the Mighty One,[a]
    to the house of God,
Amid loud cries of thanksgiving,
    with the multitude keeping festival.(B)

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  1. 42:5 The shrine of the Mighty One: this reading follows the tradition of the Septuagint and the Vulgate.

(A)Send your light and your fidelity,[a]
    that they may be my guide;(B)
Let them bring me to your holy mountain,
    to the place of your dwelling,

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  1. 43:3 Your light and your fidelity: a pair of divine attributes personified as guides for the pilgrimage. As in Ps 42:9 the psalmist prays that these divine attributes lead him back to Jerusalem and ultimately to God’s presence in the Temple.

That I may come to the altar of God,
    to God, my joy, my delight.
Then I will praise you with the harp,
    O God, my God.

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