My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?
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Gill's Exposition
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God,.... Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which were lifeless statues; and who is the author, giver, and maintainer of natural…
Barnes' Notes
My soul thirsteth for God - That is, as the hind thirsts for the running stream. For the living God - God, not merely as God, without anything more definitely specified, but God considered as living,…
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:…
Cambridge Bible
thirsteth Cp. Psa 63:1; Amo 8:11-13. God, who is the living God, in contrast to dead impotent idols, is "the fountain of living waters" (Jer 2:13; Jer 17:13). With Him is "the fountain of life," and…
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