My being has longed, and even fainted, For the courts of יהוה; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living Ěl.
If only I knew where to find Him, I would come to His dwelling-place!
My being is crushed with longing For Your right-rulings at all times.
Kaph For Your deliverance my being has pined away, For I have waited for Your word.
I have spread out my hands to You; My being is like a thirsty land for You. Selah.
My flesh and my heart shall waste away, But Elohim is the rock of my heart And my portion forever.
I have put you under oath, O daughters of Yerushalayim, If you find my beloved, That you inform him that I am faint with love!
My being longs for You in the night, also, my spirit within me seeks You earnestly. For when Your right-rulings are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learn righteousness.
Oh, that You would tear the heavens open, come down, that mountains shall shake before You –
“How good are your tents, O Ya‛aqoḇ, your dwellings, O Yisra’ĕl!