Psalm 42:1 Parallel Translations

For the choir director; a maskil by Korah's descendants. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. (GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

<To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

DBY:

{To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah.} As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

ERV:

BOOK II For the Chief Musician; Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

JPS:

For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. (42:2)

WBS:

To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so my soul panteth after thee, O God.

WEB:

For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, 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.

Psalm 42:1 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

42:1 <> As the hart {b} panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
(a) As a treasure to be kept by them, who were of the number of the Levites.
(b) By these comparisons of the thirst and panting, he shows his fervent desire to serve God in his temple.

WES:

42:1 Panteth - After the enjoyment of thee in thy sanctuary.

MHC:

42:1-5 The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good, and set his heart upon him accordingly; casting anchor thus at first, he rides out the storm. A gracious soul can take little satisfaction in God's courts, if it do not meet with God himself there. Living souls never can take up their rest any where short of a living God. To appear before the Lord is the desire of the upright, as it is the dread of the hypocrite. Nothing is more grievous to a gracious soul, than what is intended to shake its confidence in the Lord. It was not the remembrance of the pleasures of his court that afflicted David; but the remembrance of the free access he formerly had to God's house, and his pleasure in attending there. Those that commune much with their own hearts, will often have to chide them. See the cure of sorrow. When the soul rests on itself, it sinks; if it catches hold on the power and promise of God, the head is kept above the billows. And what is our support under present woes but this, that we shall have comfort in Him. We have great cause to mourn for sin; but being cast down springs from unbelief and a rebellious will; we should therefore strive and pray against it.

CONC:

Brooks 42 Chief Choirmaster Contemplation Deer Desire Flowing Gt Hart Instruction Korah Leader Longs Lt Maschil Maskil Music Musician Music-maker O Overseer Pant Panteth Pants Roe Sons Soul Soul's Streams Water-brooks Water-streams

Brooks Chief Choirmaster Contemplation Deer Desire Director Flowing Hart Instruction Korah Korah&Gt Leader Maschil Maskil Musician Music-Maker Pant Panteth Pants Roe Soul Soul's Streams Water Water-Brooks Water-Streams

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