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As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul after you, God.
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A Life-or-Death Thirst
Commentators explain that the image of a panting deer is one of extreme desperation. Whether hunted, weary, or in a drought, the deer's thirst is a matter of life and death. This powerful metaphor illustrates the intense, all-consuming desire the human soul should have for God, recognizing Him as our only true source of life and satisfaction.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
As the hart panteth after the water-brooks - Margin, brayeth. The word rendered "hart" – איל 'ayâl – commonly means a stag…
19th Century
Anglican
As the hart panteth. — “I have seen large flocks of these panting stags gather round the water-brooks in the great desert…
Baptist
As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
It is the "hart" that pants; and, in the Hebrew, …
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16th Century
Protestant
As the hart cries for the fountains of water, etc. The meaning of these two verses simply is that David preferred, above all the enjoyment…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
As the hart panteth after the water brooks Either through a natural thirst that creature is said to have; or through…
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
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…
