A Psalm of David, when he was in the Wilderness of Edom. O God, my God, I cry to You early; my soul has thirsted for You: how often has my flesh [longed] after You, in a barren and trackless and dry land!

My soul longs and faints for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh have exalted in the living God.

My soul faints for Your salvation; I have hoped in Your words.

My eyes failed [from searching] for Your word, saying, When will You comfort me?

Though the Mighty One should lay [His] hand upon me, forasmuch as He has begun, verily I will speak, and plead before Him.

in everything being oppressed, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body.

Therefore we do not despair, but even if our outward man is being destroyed, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.

while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are for a season, but the things which are not seen last forever.

For to me, to live [is] Christ, and to die [is] gain.

For I am already being poured out [as a drink offering], and the time of my departure has arrived.

Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not only to me, but also to all those who have loved His appearing.

knowing that the putting off of my tent is soon, just as our Lord Jesus Christ has made clear to me.

The Lord is my firm support, and my refuge, and my deliverer; my God is my helper, I will hope in Him; [He is] my defender, and the horn of my salvation, and my helper.

Wait on the Lord; be of good courage, and let your heart be strengthened; yea, wait on the Lord!

In whatsoever day I shall call upon You, hear me speedily; You shall abundantly provide me with Your power in my soul.

He gives strength to the hungry, and sorrow to them that are not suffering.

but they that wait on God shall renew [their] strength; they shall put forth new feathers like eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.

And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake. For whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: You are He that restores my inheritance to me.

The lines have fallen to me in the best places; yea, I have a most excellent heritage.

You are my portion, O Lord; I said that I would keep Your law.

I cried unto You, O Lord, and said, You are my hope, my portion in the land of the living.

The Lord is my portion, says my soul; therefore will I wait for Him.

And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, "Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He shall dwell with them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself shall be with them.

And He shall wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying out; neither shall there be any more pain, for the former things have passed away."

He that overcomes I shall give to him these things, and I shall be God to him, and he shall be to Me a son.