| John Flavel - 1689 - 412 ˹éÒ
...want of all other things. Hence the desires of the saints are so intense after this one thing : "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God ;" and, " My soul fainteth for thy salvation ;" " When wilt thou come unto me ?" Psalm 42:1; 119:81;... | |
| 1832 - 852 ˹éÒ
...of soul, as in the patriarch — ' O that I knew where I might find himj' and in the Psalmist, ' As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.' If the light of God's countenance ceases at any time to shine upon the soul, the darkness which... | |
| Philip Doddridge - 1803 - 666 ˹éÒ
...and impatient thirst, even that of a hunted deer after re., freshing streams : As the hart pantcth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God; My soul thirstetli for God, for the living God j when shall I come and appear before GWf •' And elsewhere,... | |
| Thomas Clarkson - 1807 - 482 ˹éÒ
...will be able to sing truly with David, if the following verse should be brought before them : ** As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O God !" To this it may be added, that where men think about musical harmony, or vocal tunes, in their... | |
| John Logan - 1807 - 254 ˹éÒ
...which we know not whether to admire most as beautiful strains of poetry, or raptures of devotion. " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, " so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul " thirsteth for God, yea, the living God : when shalj " I come and appear before God... | |
| William Penn - 1807 - 394 ˹éÒ
...But it was of God's making and putting, and not his own. Another time, we have him crying thus: " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God : when shall I come and appear before him?" This... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - 1808 - 396 ˹éÒ
...God, whom have I in heaven b"ut thee ? And there is none on earth I desire in comparison with thee. As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. My soul is athirst for thee, O God, my God. Blessed Saviour, t am thine, I am wholly thine,... | |
| Ezekiel Hopkins (bp. of Derry.) - 1809 - 578 ˹éÒ
...breathes, and breaks, and pants after God. -See what an agony holy David was in : Ps. xlii. 1 , 2. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, 0 God. My soul thirtieth for God, for the Living God : when shall I come and appear before God ? Indeed the whole... | |
| 1829 - 610 ˹éÒ
...sinner is prepared to appreciate and enjoy the bliss of heaven, and to say with the Psalmist, " As the hart panteth after the waterbrooks, so panteth my soul after thee. O God." Ps. xlii. 1. How unspeakably important then is it for those whom heaven itself cannot make... | |
| Samuel Davies - 1810 - 390 ˹éÒ
...with David, who, in his banishment from the house of God, cries out in this affecting strain, " As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth...after thee, 0 God. My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God ; when shall I come, and appear before God ?"* This is certainly your temper, if his love... | |
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