{\b KAPH.}\par\par\tab My soul fainteth for thy salvation;\par\tab {\i But} I hope in thy word.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation: But I hope in thy word.
My soul languishes and grows faint for Your salvation, but I hope in Your word.
My soul fainteth for thy salvation; But I hope in thy word.
My whole being yearns for your saving help! I wait for your promise.
Whom I, even I, shall see, on my side,\par\tab And mine eyes shall behold, and not as a stranger.\par\tab My heart is consumed within me.
Thou art my hiding-place and my shield:\par\tab I hope in thy word.
My soul breaketh for the longing\par\tab That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.
Behold, I have longed after thy precepts:\par\tab Quicken me in thy righteousness.\par
{\b VAV.}\par\par\tab Let thy lovingkindnesses also come unto me, O Jehovah,\par\tab Even thy salvation, according to thy word.
So shall I have an answer for him that reproacheth me;\par\tab For I trust in thy word.
And take not the word of truth utterly out of my mouth;\par\tab For I have hoped in thine ordinances.
They that fear thee shall see me and be glad,\par\tab Because I have hoped in thy word.
Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live;\par\tab For thy law is my delight.
I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait,\par\tab And in his word do I hope.
My flesh and my heart faileth;\par\tab {\i But} God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah;\par\tab My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,\par\tab If ye find my beloved,\par\tab That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.\par