{\b KAPH.}\par\par\tab My soul fainteth for thy salvation;\par\tab {\i But} I hope in thy word.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;\par\tab My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:\par\tab Quicken me in thy righteousness.\par
My flesh and my heart faileth;\par\tab {\i But} God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
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
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:\par\tab I hope in thy word.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;\par\tab For thy law is my delight.
They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,\par\tab Because I have hoped in thy word.
So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;\par\tab For I trust in thy word.
My soul breaketh for the longing\par\tab That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side,\par\tab And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger.\par\tab My heart is consumed within me.
{\b VAV.}\par\par\tab Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,\par\tab Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;\par\tab For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait,\par\tab And in his word do I hope.