My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Parallel translations
- KJV My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
- BSB My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- NKJV My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
- NASB My soul longed and even yearned for the courtyards of the Lord; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
- NLT I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
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Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 26:9With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- Ps 42:1–2For the Chief Musician. A contemplation by the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
- Ps 63:1–2A Psalm by David, when he was in the desert of Judah. God, you are my God. I will earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you. My flesh longs for you, in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.
- Ps 119:81My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.
- Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Ps 143:6I spread out my hands to you. My soul thirsts for you, like a parched land. Selah.
- Ps 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Song 5:8I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
- Job 23:3Oh that I knew where I might find him! That I might come even to his seat!
- Song 2:4–5He brought me to the banquet hall. His banner over me is love.
- Isa 64:1Oh that you would tear the heavens, that you would come down, that the mountains might quake at your presence.
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