God: The Gladness of My Joy

 

Psalm 42

"As the deer pants for the water brooks,
 

So my soul pants for You, O God.

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God;
 

When shall I come and appear before God?...

...The Lord will command His lovingkindness in the daytime;
 

And His song will be with me in the night,
 

A prayer to the God of my life..."

Psalm 43

"...O send out Your light and Your truth, 

let them lead me;
 

Let them bring me to Your holy hill 

And to Your dwelling places.

Then I will go to the altar of God,
 

To God my exceeding joy;
 [the gladness of my joy!]

And upon the lyre I shall praise You, 

O God, my God..."

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