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,
O that I had known--and I find Him, I come in unto His seat,
Broken hath my soul for desire Unto Thy judgments at all times.
Kaph. Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
I have spread forth my hands unto Thee, My soul is as a weary land for Thee. Selah.
Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion is God to the age.
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I am sick with love!
With my soul I desired Thee in the night, Also, with my spirit within me I seek Thee earnestly, For when Thy judgments are on the earth, The inhabitants of the world have learned righteousness.
Didst Thou not rend the heavens? Thou didst come down, From thy presence did mountains flow,
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;