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Psalms 42:1-11 (GN)

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1 As a deer longs for a stream of cool water, so I long for you, O God. 2 I thirst for you, the living God. When can I go and worship in your presence? 3 Day and night I cry, and tears are my only food; all the time my enemies ask me, "Where is your God?" 4 My heart breaks when I remember the past, when I went with the crowds to the house of God and led them as they walked along, a happy crowd, singing and shouting praise to God. 5 Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God. 6 Here in exile my heart is breaking, and so I turn my thoughts to him. He has sent waves of sorrow over my soul; chaos roars at me like a flood, like waterfalls thundering down to the Jordan from Mount Hermon and Mount Mizar. 7 (SEE 42:6) 8 May the LORD show his constant love during the day, so that I may have a song at night, a prayer to the God of my life. 9 To God, my defender, I say, "Why have you forgotten me? Why must I go on suffering from the cruelty of my enemies?" 10 I am crushed by their insults, as they keep on asking me, "Where is your God?" 11 Why am I so sad? Why am I so troubled? I will put my hope in God, and once again I will praise him, my savior and my God.


This passage relates to the following topic(s):
(v. 1) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - My soul thirsts for God
(v. 2) Eagerness / Diligence / Seeking / Readiness - My soul thirsts for God

This passage is referenced in the following quiet time(s):
(v. 1) First the Kingdom - Starving without Him (2009-12-30)
(v. 1) Desire's Journey - Good News? (2010-05-21)
(v. 1) Old Testament - Seeking God (2011-03-28)
(v. 2) First the Kingdom - Starving without Him (2009-12-30)
(v. 2) Desire's Journey - Good News? (2010-05-21)
(v. 2) Old Testament - Seeking God (2011-03-28)
(v. 5) Mind Change - Starting Out (2011-11-06)

Definition(s):
Hermon (Her-mon): anathema; devoted to destruction
Jordan (Jor-dan): the river of judgment