Which New Testament verses echo the longing expressed in Psalm 42:2?

Longing in Psalm 42:2

“My soul thirsts for God, the living God. When shall I come and appear in God’s presence?”

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New Testament echoes of this thirst

• John 4:13-14 — “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.”

• John 7:37-38 — “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.’”

• Matthew 5:6 — “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.”

• Revelation 21:6 — “To the thirsty I will give freely from the spring of the water of life.”

• Revelation 22:17 — “Let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely.”

• 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.”

• 2 Corinthians 5:2 — “For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling.”

• Romans 8:23 — “We ourselves … groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies.”

• 1 Peter 2:2 — “Like newborn infants, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation.”