Thematic Bible: Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84
Thematic Bible
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » General references to
One thing I have asked of the Lord, and that I will seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord [in His presence] all the days of my life,
To gaze upon the beauty [the delightful loveliness and majestic grandeur] of the Lord
And to meditate in His temple.
Whom have I in heaven [but You]?
And besides You, I desire nothing on earth.
In the night my soul longs for You [O Lord],
Indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently;
For [only] when Your judgments are experienced on the earth
Will the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
like newborn babies [you should] long for the pure milk of the word, so that by it you may be nurtured and grow in respect to salvation [its ultimate fulfillment],
All Judah rejoiced over the oath, for they had sworn with all their heart and had sought Him with their whole heart, and He let them find Him. So the Lord gave them rest on every side.
My
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
I opened my mouth and panted [with anticipation],
Because I longed for Your commandments.
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » For companionship
When I send Artemas or [perhaps] Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.
And taking with Him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee [James and John], He began to be grieved and greatly distressed.
Try your best to come [to me] before winter. Eubulus wishes to be remembered to you, as do Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brothers and sisters.
For he has been longing for all of you and was distressed because you had heard that he was sick.
Make every effort to come to me soon;
Desires » Select readings, psalms 42; 84 ps 42; 84 » Spiritual thirst, examples of
My
In a dry and weary land where there is no water.
My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God.
When will I come and see the face of God?
I reach out my hands to You;
My throat thirsts for You, as a parched land [thirsts for water]. Selah.
“Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God,
“When I will send hunger over the land,
Not hunger for bread or a thirst for water,
But rather [a hunger] for hearing the words of the Lord.