John Trapp on Psalms 42:2

Verſ. 2. My Soul thirſteth for God] More than ever it did once for the wa[illegible: 1 letter]er of the Well of Bethelem; and that, becauſe he is the living God, the fountain of living waters, that only can cooll and quench my deſires, Jer. 2.13. & 17.13. ſo as I ſhall never thirſt again, Joh. 4.14. whereas of all things elſe we may ſay Quo plus ſunt pota, plus ſitiuntur aqua.

The Rabbines note here,Ovid. Kimchi. Aben-Ezra. that David ſaith not ſo hungreth, but ſo thirſteth my ſoul; becauſe men are more impatient of thirſt, than of hunger; they can go diverſe dayes without meat,Curt: ex Diodoro. but not without drink. Alexander loſt a great part of his army marching through the Wilderneſſe of the Suſitans by want of water.

When ſhall I come and appear before God?] Heb. And ſee the face of God? viz. in his Tabernacle. Eheu igitur quando tandem mibi miſerrimo dabitur, ut te in aede tua conspiciam? Theſe earneſt pantings, inquietations, and unſatisfiable deſires after God and his ordinances, are ſure ſignes of true grace. But woe to our worſhip-ſcorners, &c.