My soul is crushed for the longing to Your judgments in every season.
Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he call on God at all times?
Blessed are those keeping judgment, he who does righteousness in every season.
I opened my mouth and panted; for I longed for Your commands.
I have longed for Your salvation, O Jehovah; and Your Law is my delight.
Behold, I have longed for Your precepts; grant to me life in Your righteousness.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You are my God; I earnestly seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and weary land without water.
My soul longs and even faints for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a tree of life is desire coming.
A friend loves at every time, and a brother is born for distress.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my Beloved, what do you tell Him? That I am sick with love.