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1To the chief Musician{H8764)}, Maschil{H8688)}, for the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth{H8799)} after the water brooks, so panteth{H8799)} my soul after thee, O God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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; …
I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah. …
I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.
Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of our soul is to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee. …
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. How amiable are thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-5)Holy love to God as the chief good and our felicity is the power of godliness, the very life and soul of religion, without which all external professions and performances are but a shell and carcase: now here we have some of the expressions of that love. Here is, I. Holy love thirsting, love upon the wing, soaring upwards in holy desires towards the Lord and towards the remembrance of his name ( P…
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