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Psalm Forty-Two: Craving the Presence of God

Psalm 42 As the deer  pants for streams of water,      so my soul pants  for you, my God.   My soul thirsts  for God, for the living God.      When can I go  and meet with God?   My tears  have been my food      day and night, while people say to me all day long,      “Where is your God?”   These things I remember      as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God      under the protection of the Mighty One [ d ] with shouts of joy  and praise      among the festive throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast?      Why so disturbed  within me? Put your hope in God,      for I will yet praise  him,      my Savior  and my God. My soul is downcast within me;      therefore I will remember  you from...

Psalm Nineteen: The Glory of God

Psalm 19 The heavens  declare  the glory of God;      the skies  proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech;      night after night they reveal knowledge. They have no speech, they use no words;      no sound is heard from them.   Yet their voice goes out into all the earth,      their words to the ends of the world. In the heavens God has pitched a tent  for the sun.      It is like a bridegroom   coming out of his chamber,      like a champion  rejoicing to run his course. It rises at one end of the heavens      and makes its circuit to the other;      nothing is deprived of its warmth. The law of the  Lord  is perfect,      refreshing the soul. The statutes of the  Lord  are trustworthy,      making wise th...