Psalms 42:1
What does Psalms 42:1 mean?
A plain-English look at Psalms 42:1 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
KJV
King James Version · 1611As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862To the Overseer. --An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A psalm for David. Judge me, O God, and distinguish my cause from the nation that is not holy: deliver me from the unjust and deceitful man.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, OGod.
Context
v.1This passage
v.2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 49:1
Hear this, all ye peoples; Give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world,
- Psalms 63:1
O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
- Psalms 48:1
Great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
- Numbers 16:32
and the earth opened its mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and all the men that appertained unto Korah, and all their goods.
- Psalms 84:1
How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Jehovah of hosts!
- Isaiah 26:8
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial name, is the desire of our soul.
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