[Caph.] My soul failed into thine health; and I hoped more in thy word.
Whom I myself shall see, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another man. This mine hope is kept in my bosom, that is, in mine heart.
Thou art mine helper, and mine up-taker; and I hoped more in thy word.
My soul coveted to desire thy justifyings; in all time.
Lo! I coveted thy commandments; quicken thou me in thine equity.
[Vau.] And, Lord, thy mercy come [up] on me; thine health come by thy speech.
And I shall answer a word to men saying shame to me; for I hoped in thy words.
And take thou not away from my mouth the word of truth utterly; for I hoped above in thy dooms.
They that dread thee shall see me, and they shall be glad; for I hoped more on thy words.
Thy merciful doings come to me, and I shall live; for thy law is my thinking.
and, Lord, for thy law I abode thee. My soul sustained in his word;
My flesh and mine heart failed; God of mine heart, and my part is God without end.
my soul coveteth, and faileth into the porches of the Lord. Mine heart, and my flesh; full out joyed into quick God [or God alive].
Ye daughters of Jerusalem, I beseech you by an holy thing, if ye have found my darling, that ye tell to him, that I am sick for love.