I am worn out, LORD, waiting for you to save me; I place my trust in your word.

I wait for you to save me, LORD, and I do what you command.

"I wait for your deliverance, LORD.

And that is how God will bless my descendants, because he has made an eternal covenant with me, an agreement that will not be broken, a promise that will not be changed. That is all I desire; that will be my victory, and God will surely bring it about.

When hope is crushed, the heart is crushed, but a wish come true fills you with joy.

Promise me, women of Jerusalem, that if you find my lover, you will tell him I am weak from passion.

My inner being delights in the law of God.

What an unhappy man I am! Who will rescue me from this body that is taking me to death?

But it is not just creation alone which groans; we who have the Spirit as the first of God's gifts also groan within ourselves as we wait for God to make us his children and set our whole being free.

But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.

I am pulled in two directions. I want very much to leave this life and be with Christ, which is a far better thing;

I take pleasure in your laws; your commands I will not forget.

Your instructions give me pleasure; they are my advisers.

I find pleasure in obeying your commands, because I love them.

Have mercy on me, and I will live because I take pleasure in your law.

Your commandments are my eternal possession; they are the joy of my heart.

How happy I am because of your promises--- as happy as someone who finds rich treasure.

I obey your teachings; I love them with all my heart.

Instead, they find joy in obeying the Law of the LORD, and they study it day and night.