Thematic Bible




Thematic Bible



For the choir director. A Maskil of the sons of Korah.
As the deer pants for the water brooks,
So my soul pants for You, O God.

the deer, the gazelle, the roebuck, the wild goat, the ibex, the antelope and the mountain sheep.

Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

He makes my feet like hinds’ feet,
And sets me on my high places.

From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

As a loving hind and a graceful doe,
Let her breasts satisfy you at all times;
Be exhilarated always with her love.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah.

“For even the doe in the field has given birth only to abandon her young,
Because there is no grass.


Now the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel; and Asahel was as swift-footed as one of the gazelles which is in the field.

From the Gadites there came over to David in the stronghold in the wilderness, mighty men of valor, men trained for war, who could handle shield and spear, and whose faces were like the faces of lions, and they were as swift as the gazelles on the mountains.

Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.

Then the lame will leap like a deer,
And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.
For waters will break forth in the wilderness
And streams in the Arabah.

Hurry, my beloved,
And be like a gazelle or a young stag
On the mountains of spices.”


Deliver yourself like a gazelle from the hunter’s hand
And like a bird from the hand of the fowler.