Psalm 42:2 {41:3}
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My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?

thirsteth

Psalm 36:8,9 They shall be inebriated with the plenty of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the torrent of thy pleasure. . . .

Psalm 63:1 A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

John 7:37 And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink.

Revelation 22:1 And he shewed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding from the throne of God and of the Lamb.

living

Job 23:3 Who will grant me that I might know and find him, and come even to his throne?

Jeremiah 2:13 For my people have done two evils. They have forsaken me, the fountain of living water, and have digged to themselves cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

John 5:26 For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself.

1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

when

Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the Lord, this will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life. That I may see the delight of the Lord, and may visit his temple.

Psalm 84:4,10 Blessed are they that dwell in thy house, O Lord: they shall praise thee for ever and ever. . . .

Context
Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor
1Unto the end, understanding for the sons of Core. [2] As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God. 2My soul hath thirsted after the strong living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God?3My tears have been my bread day and night, whilst it is said to me daily: Where is thy God?…
Cross References
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the living God.

Matthew 26:63
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ the Son of God.

Romans 9:26
And it shalt be in the place where it was said unto them: you are not my people; there they shall be called the sons of the living God.

1 Thessalonians 1:9
For they themselves relate of us, what manner of entering in we had unto you: and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God.

Revelation 22:4
And they shall see his face: and his name shall be on their foreheads.

Exodus 23:17
Thrice a year shall all thy males appear before the Lord thy God.

Joshua 3:10
And again he said: By this you shall know, that the Lord, the living God, is in the midst of you, and that he shall destroy, before your sight, the Chanaanite and the Hethite, the Hevite and the Pherezite, the Gergesite also, and the Jebusite, and the Amorrhite.

Psalm 43:4
And I will go in to the altar of God: to God who giveth joy to my youth.

Psalm 63:1
A psalm of David while he was in the desert of Edom. [2] O God, my God, to thee do I watch at break of day. For thee my soul hath thirsted; for thee my flesh, O how many ways!

Psalm 84:2
my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

Psalm 84:7
For the lawgiver shall give a blessing, they shall go from virtue to virtue: the God of gods shall be seen in Sion.

Psalm 119:20
My soul hath coveted to long for thy justifications, at all times.

Psalm 143:6
I stretched forth my hands to thee: my soul is as earth without water unto thee.

Isaiah 55:1
All you that thirst, come to the waters: and you that have no money make haste, buy, and eat: come ye, buy wine and milk without money, and without any price.

Jeremiah 10:10
But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

Daniel 6:26
It is decreed by me, that in all my empire and my kingdom, all men dread and fear the God of Daniel. For he is the living and eternal God for ever: and his kingdom shall not be destroyed, and his power shall be for ever.

Zephaniah 3:18
The triflers that were departed from the law, I will gather together, because they were of thee: that thou mayest no more suffer reproach for them.

Lexicon
My soul
נַפְשִׁ֨י ׀ (nap̄·šî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion

thirsts
צָמְאָ֬ה (ṣā·mə·’āh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6770: To be thirsty

for God,
לֵאלֹהִים֮ (lê·lō·hîm)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

the living
חָ֥י (ḥāy)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life

God.
לְאֵ֪ל (lə·’êl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 410: Strength -- as adjective, mighty, the Almighty

When
מָתַ֥י (mā·ṯay)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4970: Extent, when

shall I come
אָב֑וֹא (’ā·ḇō·w)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 935: To come in, come, go in, go

and appear
וְ֝אֵרָאֶ֗ה (wə·’ê·rā·’eh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 7200: To see

in
פְּנֵ֣י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

God’s presence?
אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative


Additional Translations
My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

My soul has thirsted for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God?
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