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Psa 42:1 — [[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.]] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 2983. B.C. 1021.
(Title) Maschil		"or a Psalm giving instruction, of the sons, etc. Or, ""An instructive Psalm,"" or didactic ode, ""for the sons of Korah."" It is generally supposed to have been written by David when driven from Jerusalem and beyond Jordan, by Absalom's rebellion"
(Title) the sons		Psa 44:1; Psa 45:1; Psa 46:1; Psa 47:1; Psa 48:1; Psa 49:1; Psa 84:1; Psa 85:1; *titles; Num 16:1,32; Num 26:11; 1Ch 6:33-37; 1Ch 25:1-5
panteth		Heb. brayeth
so panteth		Psa 63:1,2; Psa 84:2; Psa 143:6,7; Isa 26:8,9

Correlating Passages

(Title) the sons

	Psa 44:1	[[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, Maschil.]] We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, [what] work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
	Psa 45:1	[[To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim, for the sons of Korah, Maschil, A Song of loves.]] My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue [is] the pen of a ready writer.
	Psa 46:1	[[To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth.]] God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
	Psa 47:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
	Psa 48:1	[[A Song [and] Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] Great [is] the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, [in] the mountain of his holiness.
	Psa 49:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] Hear this, all [ye] people; give ear, all [ye] inhabitants of the world:
	Psa 84:1	[[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] How amiable [are] thy tabernacles, O LORD of hosts!
	Psa 85:1	[[To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.]] LORD, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.
	Num 16:1	Now Korah, the son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, and Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took [men]:
	Num 16:32	And the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their houses, and all the men that [appertained] unto Korah, and all [their] goods.
	Num 26:11	Notwithstanding the children of Korah died not.
	1Ch 6:33	And these [are] they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel,
	1Ch 6:34	The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,
	1Ch 6:35	The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,
	1Ch 6:36	The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,
	1Ch 6:37	The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,
	1Ch 25:1	Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:
	1Ch 25:2	Of the sons of Asaph; Zaccur, and Joseph, and Nethaniah, and Asarelah, the sons of Asaph under the hands of Asaph, which prophesied according to the order of the king.
	1Ch 25:3	Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
	1Ch 25:4	Of Heman: the sons of Heman; Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shebuel, and Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, and Romamtiezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, [and] Mahazioth:
	1Ch 25:5	All these [were] the sons of Heman the king's seer in the words of God, to lift up the horn. And God gave to Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

so panteth

	Psa 63:1	[[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.]] O 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;
	Psa 63:2	To see thy power and thy glory, so [as] I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
	Psa 84:2	My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
	Psa 143:6	I stretch forth my hands unto thee: my soul [thirsteth] after thee, as a thirsty land. Selah.
	Psa 143:7	Hear me speedily, O LORD: my spirit faileth: hide not thy face from me, lest I be like unto them that go down into the pit.
	Isa 26:8	Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
	Isa 26:9	With 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.

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Scott, Thomas. "Psalms 42:1," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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