For since ancient times they have not heard, nor been obedient. Eye has not seen any god besides You, who works for him who waits for Him.

You meet him who rejoices and works righteousness, those who remember You in Your ways (Behold, You were angry, for we sinned continually), and we shall be saved.

These are the commandments and the judgments which Jehovah commanded the children of Israel by the hand of Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan, across from Jericho.

But He knows the way that I take; when He has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

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

I was also perfect before Him, and I kept myself from my iniquity.

All this has come upon us; yet we have not forgotten You, nor dealt falsely with Your Covenant.

Our heart is not turned back, nor have our steps turned aside from Your way,

The mountains are established by Your strength, girded with might,

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

Remember the Law of My servant Moses which I commanded him in Horeb for all Israel, the statutes and judgments.

And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, blameless.

And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God. We have waited for Him, and He will save us. This is Jehovah; we have waited for Him, we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

And so Jehovah waits to be gracious to you. And therefore He is exalted, that He may have mercy on you; for Jehovah is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

O Jehovah, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be their arm every morning; our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Trust in Jehovah, and do good; dwell in the land, and feed on faithfulness.

Roll your ways upon Jehovah; trust also in Him, and He will bring it to pass.

Rest in Jehovah, and wait patiently for Him; do not fret over him who prospers in his way, because of him who works out wicked devices.

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.

But I will look to Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.

And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, which, He said, you have heard from Me;

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

Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.

Therefore be patient, brethren, until the coming of the Lord. See how the farmer waits for the precious fruit of the earth, waiting patiently for it until it receives the early and latter rain.

Do not grumble against one another, brethren, that you not be condemned. Behold, the Judge stands at the door.

Indeed we count them blessed who endure. You have heard of the endurance of Job and seen the outcome brought about by the Lord; that the Lord is very kind and merciful.

Although my house is not so with the Mighty God, yet He has made with me a perpetual covenant, ordered in all things and secure. For all my salvation and all my desire, will He not make it grow?

i1 [To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.] i0 par How long will You forget me, O Jehovah? Forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?

How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my inner being daily? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?

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.

Because Your lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise You.

Whom have I in Heaven besides You? And there is no one I desire on earth.

And I said, This is my weakness; the years of the right hand of the Most High.

I will also meditate on all Your works, and talk of Your deeds.

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

I remember the days of old; I meditate on all Your works; I muse on the works of Your hands.

I have spread my hands toward You; my soul is like a weary land. Selah

Shulamite: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

Draw me away! Daughters of Jerusalem: We will run after you. Shulamite: The king has brought me into his chambers. Daughters of Jerusalem: We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. Shulamite: Rightly do they love you.

Shulamite: Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

Sustain me with cakes of raisins, refresh me with apples, for I am lovesick.

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