My soul is weak from waiting for you to save me. My hope is based on your word.
My soul longs and yearns for the Lord’s courtyards. My whole body shouts for joy to the living God.
I long for your guiding principles. Give me a new life in your righteousness.
My body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever.
Young women of Jerusalem, swear to me that if you find my beloved you will tell him I am hopelessly lovesick.
You are my hiding place and my shield. My hope is based on your word.
Let your compassion reach me so that I may live, because your teachings make me happy.
Those who fear you will see me and rejoice, because my hope is based on your word.
Then I will have an answer for the one who insults me since I trust your word.
My soul is overwhelmed with endless longing for your regulations.
I will see him with my own eyes, not with someone else’s. My heart fails inside me!
Let your blessings reach me, O Lord. Save me as you promised.
Do not take so much as a single word of truth from my mouth. My hope is based on your regulations.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and with hope I wait for his word.