My soul thirsteth for God – that is, as the hind thirsts for the running stream.

For the living God – God, n…

Thirsteth. —The metaphor occurs in exactly the same form (Psalms 63:1), and only calls for notice since “God” Himself …

My soul thirsteth for God,

It was a soul thirst, not a throat thirst; the thirst had reached as far down as the soul, until the inn…

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God
Who is so called, in opposition to the idols of the Gentiles, which we…

The psalmist looked to the Lord as his chief good and set his heart upon Him accordingly; casting anchor in this way at first, he rides out the sto…

1. This is the fifth group of ten in the first fifty psalms; it is ordered to implore help against present evils.

   This is done throug…