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Psalms 84:2

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My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
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  1. Isaiah 26:9Rank 1 from verse 2
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    9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  2. Psalms 42:1–2Rank 2 from verse 2
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

    2My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

  3. Psalms 63:1–2Rank 3 from verse 2
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    1O GOD, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;

    2To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.

  4. Psalms 119:81Rank 4 from verse 2
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    81My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.

  5. Psalms 143:6Rank 5 from verse 2
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    6I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul thirsteth after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.

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Psalms 84:2

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

yea

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1. Indeed, marking confirmation, emphasis, addition, continuation, or heightening of what is said; it may also emphasize a question. 2. Yes, expressing an affirmative answer or declaration.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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even

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1. Used to emphasize, include, or precisely identify what is meant: indeed, precisely, or namely. 2. Used to mark a boundary, endpoint, or full reach in place, time, or degree: up to, as far as, or through. 3. In ‘even as,’ ‘even so,’ and like constructions, just as, exactly so, or in the same manner. 4. The evening, or close of day. 5. Equal, level, identical, balanced, or uniform.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fainteth

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Third-person singular present form of faint. Sense 1: To lose courage or cease to persevere. Sense 2: To become weak or exhausted.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

courts

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1. Enclosed yards. 2. Royal residences or attendants. 3. Places where judgment is given.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

living

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Sense 1: Alive or having life. Sense 2: As a noun, one's means of support or possessions.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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84:1HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of hosts!

84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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84:3Yea, the sparrow hath found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even thine altars, O Lord of hosts, my King, and my God.

84:4Blessed are they that dwell in thy house: they will be still praising thee. Selah.

84:5Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee; in whose heart are the ways of them.

84:6Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.

84:7They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

84:8O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer: give ear, O God of Jacob. Selah.

84:9Behold, O God our shield, and look upon the face of thine anointed.

84:10For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

84:11For the Lord God is a sun and shield: the Lord will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.

84:12O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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