Psalms 42:2 - Compare All Versions

Psalms 42:1-3 MSG (The Message)

A white-tailed deer drinks from the creek; I want to drink God, deep drafts of God. I’m thirsty for God-alive. I wonder, “Will I ever make it— arrive and drink in God’s presence?” I’m on a diet of tears— tears for breakfast, tears for supper. All day long people knock at my door, Pestering, “Where is this God of yours?”

Psalms 42:2 KJV (King James Version)

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 42:2 NASB1995 (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God; When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 42:2 NCV (New Century Version)

I thirst for the living God. When can I go to meet with him?

Psalms 42:2 ASV (American Standard Version)

My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 42:2 NIV (New International Version)

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?

Psalms 42:2 NKJV (New King James Version)

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?

Psalms 42:2 AMP (Amplified Bible)

My soul (my life, my inner self) thirsts for God, for the living God. When will I come and see the face of God? [Ps 63:1, 2; John 7:37; 1 Thess 1:9, 10]

Psalms 42:2 NLT (New Living Translation)

I thirst for God, the living God. When can I go and stand before him?

Psalms 42:2 TPT (The Passion Translation)

My soul thirsts, pants, and longs for the living God. I want to come and see the face of God.

Psalms 42:2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)

My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God?