My soul languishes for your salvation; I hope in your word.
My soul longs, indeed it faints, for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God.
See, I have longed for your precepts; in your righteousness be gracious to me.
My flesh and my heart may 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, tell him this: I am faint with love.
You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in your word.
Let your mercy come to me, that I may live, for your law is my delight.
Those who fear you shall see me and rejoice, because I have hoped in your word.
Then I shall have an answer for those who taunt me, for I trust in your word.
My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
whom I shall see on my side, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!
Let your steadfast love come to me, O Lord, your salvation according to your promise.
Do not take the word of truth utterly out of my mouth, for my hope is in your ordinances.
I wait for the Lord; my soul waits, and in his word I hope;