Psalms 84:2

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“My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”

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BSBPD

“My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 84:2 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
  2. Job 23:3If only I knew where to find Him, so that I could go to His seat.
  3. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  4. Psalms 63:1O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.
  5. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  6. Psalms 119:20My soul is consumed with longing for Your judgments at all times.
  7. Psalms 119:81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
  8. Psalms 143:6I stretch out my hands to You; my soul thirsts for You like a parched land. Selah
  9. Song of Solomon 2:4He has brought me to the house of wine, and his banner over me is love.
  10. Song of Solomon 5:8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.
  11. Isaiah 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
  12. Isaiah 64:1If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,

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