Psalm 42:1 (WEB)
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Fathers and councils · 6
Augustine of Hippo
“…are before, and groaneth being burdened; and his soul thirsteth after the living God, as the hart after the water-brooks, and saith, “When shall I come?” “desiring to be clothed upon with his house which is from heaven;” and calleth upon this lower deep, saying, “Be not conformed to this world, but be ye…” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“For the Psalm itself begins with a certain pious “longing;” and he who sings so, says, “Like as the hart desireth the water-brooks, so longeth my soul after Thee, O God” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“So did I appear before Thee in holiness to see Thy power and Thy glory.’” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 1; lxiii. 1, 2.
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Jerome
“When shall I come and appear before God?”” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 1, 2.
Read the whole comment“My tears have been my meat day and night,” and in another place, “O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and weary land where no water is.” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 1–3.
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…goodness, though you ought to reap the opposite fruit from the opposite course, a harvest by diligence, and refreshment from the font, like the thirsty hart that runs in haste to the spring, and quenches the labour of his race by water; and not to be in Ishmael’s case, dried up for want of water, or as the fable…” — editor's note: Ps. xlii. 1.
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