LORD, You have heard the desire of the humble; You will prepare their heart; You will cause Your ear to hear,

One [thing] I have desired of the LORD, That will I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the LORD All the days of my life, To behold the beauty of the LORD, And to inquire in His temple.

Delight yourself also in the LORD, And He shall give you the desires of your heart.

"And now, Lord, what do I wait for? My hope [is] in You.

Deliver me from all my transgressions; Do not make me the reproach of the foolish.

Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!

With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

With my soul I have desired You in the night, Yes, by my spirit within me I will seek You early; For when Your judgments [are] in the earth, The inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

As for me, I have not hurried away from [being] a shepherd [who] follows You, Nor have I desired the woeful day; You know what came out of my lips; It was right there before You.

Blessed [are] those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, For they shall be filled.

When a wicked man dies, [his] expectation will perish, And the hope of the unjust perishes.

The hope of the righteous [will be] gladness, But the expectation of the wicked will perish.

but to those who are self-seeking and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness -- indignation and wrath,

tribulation and anguish, on every soul of man who does evil, of the Jew first and also of the Greek;

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries.