I long, yes, I faint with longing to enter the courts of the Lord. With my whole being, body and soul, I will shout joyfully to the living God.
If only I knew where to find God, I would go to his court.
I am always overwhelmed with a desire for your regulations.
I am worn out waiting for your rescue, but I have put my hope in your word.
I lift my hands to you in prayer. I thirst for you as parched land thirsts for rain. Interlude
My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.
Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem— If you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.
In the night I search for you; in the morning I earnestly seek you. For only when you come to judge the earth will people learn what is right.
Oh, that you would burst from the heavens and come down! How the mountains would quake in your presence!
How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!