Behold, I have longed for Your Precepts; revive me in Your righteousness.

I opened my mouth and panted, for I longed for Your Commandments.

I have longed for Your salvation, O Jehovah, and Your Law is my delight.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Maschil. For the sons of Korah.] i0 par As the deer pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after You, O God.

i1 [A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] i0 par O God, You are my Mighty God. I will seek You earnestly; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You, as in a dry and weary land, where there is no water.

My soul longs, yea, is spent for the courts of Jehovah; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living Mighty God.

Hope postponed makes the heart sick, but when desire comes to pass it is a tree of life.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem: If you find my beloved, that you tell him I am lovesick!

I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I would that you were cold or hot.

So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Blessed are those who keep justice, and he who does righteousness at all times.

My foot has held fast to His steps; I have kept His way and not turned aside.

I have not departed from the Commandment of His lips; I have treasured the Words of His mouth more than my prescribed food.

Will he delight in the Almighty? Will he always call upon God?

A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.