My soul breaketh for the longing\par\tab That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;\par\tab My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
{\b A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.}\par\par\tab O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee:\par\tab My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee,\par\tab In a dry and weary land, where no water is.
I opened wide my mouth, and panted;\par\tab For I longed for thy commandments.
I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah;\par\tab And thy law is my delight.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:\par\tab Quicken me in thy righteousness.\par
A friend loveth at all times;\par\tab And a brother is born for adversity.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty,\par\tab And call upon God at all times?
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,\par\tab If ye find my beloved,\par\tab That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.\par
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick;\par\tab But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Blessed are they that keep justice,\par\tab And he that doeth righteousness at all times.