Psalms 42:1

In 11 translations

BSB

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

KJV

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Maschil…: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etcpanteth: Heb. brayeth

WEB

As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).

ASV

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

LSV

TO THE OVERSEER. AN INSTRUCTION OF THE SONS OF KORAH. As a deer pants for streams of water, || So my soul pants toward You, O God.

YLT

To 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.

DBY

As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.Elohim

DRC41:2

As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God.

GNV

To him that excelleth. A Psalme to give instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah. As the harte brayeth for the riuers of water, so panteth my soule after thee, O God.

JPS42:2

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God.

LXXE41:2

As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God.

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WLC42:2

כְּאַיָּ֗ל תַּעֲרֹ֥ג עַל־אֲפִֽיקֵי־מָ֑יִם כֵּ֤ן נַפְשִׁ֨י תַעֲרֹ֖ג אֵלֶ֣יךָ אֱלֹהִֽים׃KJV:Ps.42.1

LXX-Br41:2

Ὃν τρόπον ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ἔλαφος ἐπὶ τὰς πηγὰς τῶν ὑδάτων, οὕτως ἐπιποθεῖ ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς σὲ ὁ Θεός.

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• Psalms 63:1–2O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water. So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
• Psalms 143:6–7I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah Answer me quickly, O LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide Your face from me, or I will be like those who descend to the Pit.
• Psalms 119:131I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments.
• Isaiah 26:8–9Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls. My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments…
• Psalms 84:1–2How lovely is Your dwelling place, O LORD of Hosts! My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
• Psalms 48:1Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
• Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
• Psalms 85:1You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.
• Psalms 45:1My heart is stirred by a noble theme as I recite my verses to the king; my tongue is the pen of a skillful writer.
• Psalms 44:1We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.
• Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
• Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
• Numbers 16:32and the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them and their households—all Korah’s men and all their possessions.
• 1 Chronicles 25:1–5Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who…
• Numbers 16:1Now Korah son of Izhar, the son of Kohath son of Levi, along with some Reubenites—Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, and On son of Peleth—conducted
• 1 Chronicles 6:33–37These are the men who served, together with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel, the son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, the son of…

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