Psalm 84:2
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New International Version (©2011)
My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

New Living Translation (©2007)
I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the LORD. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.

English Standard Version (©2001)
My soul longs, yes, faints for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh sing for joy to the living God.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
My soul longed and even yearned for the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
I long and yearn for the courts of the LORD; my heart and flesh cry out for the living God.

International Standard Version (©2012)
I desire and long for the Temple courts of the LORD. My heart and body sing for joy to the living God.

NET Bible (©2006)
I desperately want to be in the courts of the LORD's temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
My soul has waited and has lusted for the courts of Lord Jehovah! My heart and my flesh have praised The Living God!

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
My soul longs and yearns for the LORD's courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
My soul longs, yea, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

American King James Version
My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God.

American Standard Version
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Douay-Rheims Bible
my soul longeth and fainteth for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh have rejoiced in the living God.

Darby Bible Translation
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living łGod.

English Revised Version
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

Webster's Bible Translation
My soul longeth, and even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

World English Bible
My soul longs, and even faints for the courts of Yahweh. My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Young's Literal Translation
My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord,.... The courts of the tabernacle now at Gibeon, though the ark was in Zion, 2 Chronicles 1:3 as the court of the priests, and the court of the Israelites, in which latter the people in common stood: after these David longed; he longed to enter into them, and stand in them, and worship God there; which soul longings and hearty desires were the fruits and evidences of true grace, of being born again; so newly born souls desire the sincere milk of the word, and the breasts of Gospel ordinances, as a newly born babe desires its mother's milk and breast; and he even "fainted", through disappointment, or length of time, being impatient of the returning season and opportunity of treading in them; see Psalm 42:1,

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul longeth - The word used here means properly to be pale; then, to be faint or weak; and then, to pine after, to long for, to desire earnestly. It would properly denote such a longing or desire as to make one faint or exhausted; that is, it indicates intense desire. In Psalm 17:12, it is applied to a hungry lion; "Like a lion that is greedy of its prey." In Genesis 31:30, it conveys the idea of intense desire: "Because thou sore longedst after thy father's house." For an illustration of the sentiment here expressed, see the notes at Psalm 42:1-2.

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Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

My soul longeth - It is a Levite that speaks, who ardently longs to regain his place in the temple, and his part in the sacred services.

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Geneva Study Bible

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the {b} courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

(b) For only the priests could enter the sanctuary and the rest of the people into the courts.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

2. longeth-most intensely (Ge 31:30; Ps 17:12).

fainteth-exhausted with desire.

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Psalm 84:2 Parallel Commentaries
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How Lovely are Your Dwellings!
1How amiable are your tabernacles, O LORD of hosts! 2My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God. 3Yes, the sparrow has found an house, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young, even your altars, O LORD of hosts, my King, and my God. …

Psalm 42:1 For the director of music. A maskil of the Sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God.
Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God?
Psalm 63:1 A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.
Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalm 119:20 My soul is consumed with longing for your laws at all times.
Psalm 119:81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation, but I have put my hope in your word.
Psalm 143:7 Answer me quickly, LORD; my spirit fails. Do not hide your face from me or I will be like those who go down to the pit.
Isaiah 58:13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words,