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Desertion and Hope; or, Complaint of Absence from Public Worship

Isaac Watts • English

Primary Scripture: Psalm 42:1-9

Verse 1

With earnest longings of the mind, My God, to thee I look; So pants the hunted hart to find And taste the cooling brook.

Verse 2

When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain.

Scripture References

Reference 1

  • psalms 42:1-9