I desperately long for your deliverance. I find hope in your word.
whom I will see for myself, and whom my own eyes will behold, and not another. My heart grows faint within me.
You are my hiding place and my shield. I find hope in your word.
I desperately long to know your regulations at all times.
Look, I long for your precepts. Revive me with your deliverance! ו (Vav)
May I experience your loyal love, O Lord, and your deliverance, as you promised.
Then I will have a reply for the one who insults me, for I trust in your word.
Do not completely deprive me of a truthful testimony, for I await your justice.
Your loyal followers will be glad when they see me, for I find hope in your word.
May I experience your compassion, so I might live! For I find delight in your law.
I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.
My flesh and my heart may grow weak, but God always protects my heart and gives me stability.
I desperately want to be in the courts of the Lord’s temple. My heart and my entire being shout for joy to the living God.
O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you – If you find my beloved, what will you tell him? Tell him that I am lovesick!