I longfor Your salvation,O LORD,And Your lawis my delight.
"For Your salvationI wait,O LORD.
"Trulyis not my housesowith God?For He has madean everlastingcovenantwith me, Orderedin allthings,and secured;For allmy salvationand all[my] desire,Will He not indeedmake [it] grow?
But his delightis in the lawof the LORD,And in His lawhe meditatesdayand night.
I have inheritedYour testimoniesforever,For they are the joyof my heart.
I shall delightin Your statutes;I shall not forgetYour word.Gimel.
I rejoiceat Your word,As one who findsgreatspoil.
Your testimoniesalsoare my delight;[They are] my counselors.Daleth.
May Your lovingkindnessesalso cometo me, O LORD,Your salvationaccording to Your word;
I shall delightin Your commandments,WhichI love.
May Your compassioncometo me that I may live,For Your lawis my delight.
My soullanguishesfor Your salvation;I waitfor Your word.
Hopedeferredmakesthe heartsick,But desirefulfilledis a treeof life.
"I adjureyou, O daughtersof Jerusalem,Ifyou findmy beloved,As to whatyou will tellhim: For I am lovesick."
But I am hard-pressedfrom both[directions], havingthe desireto departand be with Christ,for [that] is very muchbetter;