1
As pants the hart for cooling streams
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.
When heated in the chase,
So longs my soul, O God, for Thee,
And Thy refreshing grace.
2
O living God, my God, for Thee
My thirsty heart doth pine;
Oh, to draw nigh and thoroughly
Enjoy Thyself divine!
My thirsty heart doth pine;
Oh, to draw nigh and thoroughly
Enjoy Thyself divine!
3
My life, my strength, my dwelling place
Thou art, O God, to me;
In Christ Thou art enjoyed as grace
And fully gained by me.
Thou art, O God, to me;
In Christ Thou art enjoyed as grace
And fully gained by me.
4
Thy smile is my salvation blest;
Now all my hope's in Thee;
Thy presence is my sole request—
Oh, grace me bountif'lly!
Now all my hope's in Thee;
Thy presence is my sole request—
Oh, grace me bountif'lly!
5
I pant, as hart for cooling brook;
Oh, grant Thyself, I plead;
To Thee alone, O Lord, I look,
For Thou art all I need.
Oh, grant Thyself, I plead;
To Thee alone, O Lord, I look,
For Thou art all I need.
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PANTING FOR GOD
Psalm 42:1 As the hart pants / After the streams of water, / So my soul pants / For You, O God.
Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, / For the living God. / When will I come and appear / Before God?
“In this psalm the psalmist was panting and thirsting (v. 2) for God at a time when he and his people had been stripped and defeated by the neighboring nations and were in captivity .
Panting and thirsting for God are different from worshipping God in a formal, religious way.
God is our living water for us to drink (John 4:10, 14; 7:37-39a; 1 Cor. 12:13). We need to pant and thirst for Him and to drink Him. ”