Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. New Living Translation As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. English Standard Version As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. Berean Standard Bible For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. King James Bible To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. New King James Version To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. New American Standard Bible For the music director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, God. NASB 1995 For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. NASB 1977 As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for Thee, O God. Legacy Standard Bible For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So my soul pants for You, O God. Amplified Bible To the Chief Musician. A skillful song, or a didactic or reflective poem, of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants [longingly] for the water brooks, So my soul pants [longingly] for You, O God. Christian Standard Bible For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for flowing streams, so I long for you, God. Holman Christian Standard Bible For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. American Standard Version 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. Contemporary English Version As a deer gets thirsty for streams of water, I truly am thirsty for you, my God. English Revised Version 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation [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. Good News Translation As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God. International Standard Version As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God. Majority Standard Bible For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. NET Bible For the music director; a well-written song by the Korahites. As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God! New Heart English Bible [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. Webster's Bible Translation 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. World English Bible 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionTO 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. Young's Literal Translation 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. Smith's Literal Translation To the overseer instructing for the sons of Borah. As the stag will long for the channels of waters, thus will my soul long for thee, O God. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleUnto the end, understanding for the sons of Core. As the hart panteth after the fountains of water; so my soul panteth after thee, O God. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible For the leader. A maskil of the Korahites. [2] As the deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God. New Revised Standard Version As a deer longs for flowing streams, so my soul longs for you, O God. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAS the hart pants after the water brook so pants my soul after thee, O LORD. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Like a stag that bellows over the brook of waters, so also my soul bellows for you, LORD JEHOVAH! OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917For the Leader; Maschil of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after Thee, O God. Brenton Septuagint Translation For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. As the hart earnestly desires the fountains of water, so my soul earnestly longs for thee, O God. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Blessed is He who Cares for the Poor…13Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, from everlasting to everlasting. Amen and Amen. 1For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God. 2My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?… Cross References Matthew 5:6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled. John 7:37-38 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink. / Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’” Isaiah 55:1 “Come, all you who are thirsty, come to the waters; and you without money, come, buy, and eat! Come, buy wine and milk without money and without cost! Revelation 22:17 The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. John 4:13-14 Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again. / But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.” Psalm 63:1 A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O 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. Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Psalm 143:6 I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah Isaiah 26:9 My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness. Amos 8:11 Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. Philippians 3:10 I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death, 1 Peter 2:2 Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation, Psalm 27:4 One thing I have asked of the LORD; this is what I desire: to dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the LORD and seek Him in His temple. Psalm 119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times. Psalm 119:131 I open my mouth and pant, longing for Your commandments. Treasury of Scripture As the hart pants after the water brooks, so pants my soul after you, O God. A. the sons Psalm 44:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old. Psalm 45:1 To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves. My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. Psalm 46:1 To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. panteth [heb. Psalm 63:1,2 A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; … Psalm 84:2 My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God. Psalm 143:6,7 I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah… Jump to Previous 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-StreamsJump to Next 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-StreamsPsalm 42 1. David's zeal to serve God in the temple5. He encourages his soul to trust in God As the deer The imagery of a deer is significant in biblical literature, often symbolizing grace, beauty, and gentleness. In the Hebrew text, the word used is "אַיָּל" (ayyal), which refers to a hart or a male deer. This animal is known for its swiftness and its need for water, especially in arid regions. The deer’s instinctive search for water reflects a natural, intense need, setting the stage for the psalmist's deep spiritual longing. pants for streams of water so my soul longs after You O God Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew For the choirmaster.לַמְנַצֵּ֗חַ (lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ) Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 5329: To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent A Maskil מַשְׂכִּ֥יל (maś·kîl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4905: Instructive, a didactic poem of the sons לִבְנֵי־ (liḇ·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son of Korah. קֹֽרַח׃ (qō·raḥ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 7141: Korah -- an Edomite name, also an Israelite name As the deer כְּאַיָּ֗ל (kə·’ay·yāl) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 354: A hart, stag, deer pants תַּעֲרֹ֥ג (ta·‘ă·rōḡ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6165: To long for for עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against streams אֲפִֽיקֵי־ (’ă·p̄î·qê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 650: Containing, a tube, a bed, valley of a, stream, a strong thing, a hero of water, מָ֑יִם (mā·yim) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen so כֵּ֤ן (kên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus my soul נַפְשִׁ֨י (nap̄·šî) Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 5315: A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion longs תַעֲרֹ֖ג (ṯa·‘ă·rōḡ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 6165: To long for after You, אֵלֶ֣יךָ (’ê·le·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to O God. אֱלֹהִֽים׃ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Links Psalm 42:1 NIVPsalm 42:1 NLT Psalm 42:1 ESV Psalm 42:1 NASB Psalm 42:1 KJV Psalm 42:1 BibleApps.com Psalm 42:1 Biblia Paralela Psalm 42:1 Chinese Bible Psalm 42:1 French Bible Psalm 42:1 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 42:1 For the Chief Musician (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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