I have longed for Thy salvation, O Jehovah, And Thy law [is] my delight.
For Thy salvation I have waited, Jehovah!
For — not so [is] my house with God; For — a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For — all my salvation, and all desire, For — He hath not caused [it] to spring up.
But — in the law of Jehovah [is] his delight, And in His law he doth meditate by day and by night:
I have inherited Thy testimonies to the age, For the joy of my heart [are] they.
In Thy statutes I delight myself, I do not forget Thy word.
I do rejoice concerning Thy saying, As one finding abundant spoil.
Thy testimonies also [are] my delight, The men of my counsel!
[Waw.] And meet me doth Thy kindness, O Jehovah, Thy salvation according to Thy saying.
And I delight myself in Thy commands, That I have loved,
Meet me do Thy mercies, and I live, For Thy law [is] my delight.
[Kaph.] Consumed for Thy salvation hath been my soul, For Thy word I have hoped.
Hope prolonged is making the heart sick, And a tree of life [is] the coming desire.
I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved — What do ye tell him? that I [am] sick with love!
for I am pressed by the two, having the desire to depart, and to be with Christ, for it is far better,