Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Whom I--I see on my side, And mine eyes have beheld, and not a stranger, Consumed have been my reins in my bosom.
My hiding place and my shield art Thou, For Thy word I have hoped.
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Lo, I have longed for Thy precepts, In Thy righteousness quicken Thou me,
Waw. And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
And I answer him who is reproaching me a word, For I have trusted in Thy word.
And Thou takest not utterly away From my mouth the word of truth, Because for Thy judgment I have hoped.
Those fearing Thee see me and rejoice, Because for Thy word I have hoped.
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law is my delight.
I hoped for Jehovah--hoped hath my soul, And for His word I have waited.
Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.
My soul desired, yea, it hath also been consumed, For the courts of Jehovah, My heart and my flesh cry aloud unto the living God,
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!