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| 1 To the Overseer. An Instruction. By sons of Korah. |
After the water brooks – "Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters (the refreshing waters of divine truth)." (Isa. 55:1) R1936:1
So panteth my soul – With increasing appreciation of spiritual blessings comes a more ardent longing for more and more fellowship with God, and more intense longings after holiness. R2123:5
Hungering and thirsting for righteousness. (Matt. 5:6) R5163:6
After thee – Not only after truth with a curiosity interest, but after that righteousness which comes through a knowledge of the truth. R1936:1
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| As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God. |
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| 2 My soul thirsted for God, for the living God, When do I enter and see the face of God |
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| 3 My tear hath been to me bread day and night, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God ' |
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| 4 These I remember, and pour out my soul in me, For I pass over into the booth, I go softly with them unto the house of God, With the voice of singing and confession, The multitude keeping feast! |
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| 5 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul Yea, art thou troubled within me Wait for God, for still I confess Him: The salvation of my countenance My God! |
Art thou cast down – "Perfect love casteth out fear." (1 John 4:18) R1906:2
Hope thou in God – As the eagle soars above the storm cloud, live at such an altitude of Christian experience as to enable you to rejoice in the Lord always, and in everything to give thanks. R1906:2
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| 6 In me doth my soul bow itself, Therefore I remember Thee from the land of Jordan, And of the Hermons, from the hill Mizar. |
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| 7 Deep unto deep is calling At the noise of Thy water-spouts, All Thy breakers and Thy billows passed over me. |
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| 8 By day Jehovah commandeth His kindness, And by night a song [is] with me, A prayer to the God of my life. |
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| 9 I say to God my rock, 'Why hast Thou forgotten me Why go I mourning in the oppression of an enemy |
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| 10 With a sword in my bones Have mine adversaries reproached me, In their saying unto me all the day, 'Where [is] thy God ' |
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| 11 What! bowest thou thyself, O my soul And what! art thou troubled within me Wait for God, for still I confess Him, The salvation of my countenance, and my God! |
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