Psalms 42:2

I thirst ¹  for God, for the living God. I say, ²  “When will I be able to go and appear in God’s presence?” ³ 

Job 23:3; Ps 27:4; Ps 36:8,9; Ps 63:1; Ps 84:4,10; Jer 2:13; Jer 10:10; Joh 5:26; Joh 7:37; 1Th 1:9; Re 22:1

¹ tn Or “my soul thirsts.”

² tn The words “I say” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons and for clarification.

³ tn Heb “When will I go and appear [to] the face of God?” Some emend the Niphal verbal form אֵרָאֶה (’era’eh, “I will appear”) to a Qal אֶרְאֶה (’er’eh, “I will see”; see Gen 33:10), but the Niphal can be retained if one understands ellipsis of אֶת (’et) before “face” (see Exod 34:24; Deut 31:11).