Quotes About Longing

For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Doe of the Dawn.” A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?

I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.

Of David. To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;

For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.

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

My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”

Why do You hide Your face and forget our affliction and oppression?

I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.

How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah

A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God. Earnestly I seek You; my soul thirsts for You. My body yearns for You in a dry and weary land without water.

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Long may he live! May gold from Sheba be given him. May people ever pray for him; may they bless him all day long.

A Maskil of Asaph. Why have You rejected us forever, O God? Why does Your anger smolder against the sheep of Your pasture?

In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.

“Will the Lord spurn us forever and never show His favor again?

O LORD God of Hosts, how long will Your anger smolder against the prayers of Your people?

My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Be merciful to me, O Lord, for I call to You all day long.

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Why, O LORD, do You reject me? Why do You hide Your face from me?

How long, O LORD? Will You hide Yourself forever? Will Your wrath keep burning like fire?

Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread.

They were hungry and thirsty; their soul fainted within them.