My soul faints for Your salvation, But I hope in Your word.
My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the Lord; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.
My flesh and my heart fail; But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him I am lovesick!
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your word.
Let Your tender mercies come to me, that I may live; For Your law is my delight.
Those who fear You will be glad when they see me, Because I have hoped in Your word.
So shall I have an answer for him who reproaches me, For I trust in Your word.
My soul breaks with longing For Your judgments at all times.
Whom I shall see for myself, And my eyes shall behold, and not another. How my heart yearns within me!
Let Your mercies come also to me, O Lord— Your salvation according to Your word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, For I have hoped in Your ordinances.
I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, And in His word I do hope.