My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
O God, You are my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.
I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.
I long for Your salvation, O Lord, And Your law is my delight.
Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
A friend loves at all times, And a brother is born for adversity.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!
Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.
Blessed are those who keep justice, And he who does righteousness at all times!