Behold, I long for Your precepts; Revive me in Your righteousness.

I opened my mouth and panted, For I longed for Your commandments.

I long for Your salvation, O LORD, And Your law [is] my delight.

To the Chief Musician. A Contemplation of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God.

A Psalm of David when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, You [are] my God; Early will I seek You; My soul thirsts for You; My flesh longs for You In a dry and thirsty land Where there is no water.

My soul longs, yes, even faints For the courts of the LORD; My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But [when] the desire comes, [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! THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM

"I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish 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 necessary [food.]

Will he delight himself in the Almighty? Will he always call on God?

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