My soul languishes for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word.
whom I will see for myself, and my eyes will behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
My soul is consumed with longing for Your decrees at all times.
Behold, I long for Your precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.
Let Your mercies also come to me, O Lord, Your salvation according to Your word.
So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, for I trust in Your word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for I hope in Your ordinances.
Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, because I have hoped in Your word.
Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; for Your law is my delight.
I wait for the Lord; my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope.
My flesh and my heart fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
My soul longs and even yearns for the courtyards of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my lover, that you tell him I am sick with love.