This translation is from the New American Bible. Other translations are available here. Information about the original Hebrew meaning of what seem to be the key words is provided in blue immediately below the scriptural text.
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R. (see 42:3) Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
As the hind longs for the running waters, so my soul longs for you, O God.
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
Athirst is my soul for God, the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
Send forth your light and your fidelity; they shall lead me on and bring me to your holy mountain, to your dwelling-place.
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
Then will I go in to the altar of God, the God of my gladness and joy; Then will I give you thanks upon the harp,
O God, my God!
R. Athirst is my soul for the living God. When shall I go and behold the face of God?
soul = נֶפֶשׁ = nep̄eš Blue Letter Bible soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion; the inner being of man; seat of the appetites; seat of emotions and passions; the mode of feeling/acting, understanding and the faculty of thinking
longs for = עָרַג = āraḡ Blue Letter Bible to long for, pant after, desire; cry
Athirst = צָמֵא = ṣāmē' Blue Letter Bible desire eagerly
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