`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!