I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.
I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word. ג GIMEL.
I rejoice at thy word, As one that findeth great spoil.
Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
And I will delight myself in thy commandments, Which I have loved.
But his delight is in the law of Jehovah; And on his law doth he meditate day and night.
But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live; For thy law is my delight.
Thy testimonies also are my delight And my counsellors. ד DALETH.
Verily my house is not so with God; Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in all things, and sure: For it is all my salvation, and all my desire, Although he maketh it not to grow.
I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.
Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah, Even thy salvation, according to thy word.