²⁰ My soul breaketh for the longing That it hath unto thine ordinances at all times.

² My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.

¹ O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

⁴⁰ Behold, I have longed after thy precepts: Quicken me in thy righteousness.

¹ As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

² My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

¹⁵ I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.

¹⁶ So because thou art lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spew thee out of my mouth.

⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

¹⁷ A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.

¹² Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; But when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.

¹⁷⁴ I have longed for thy salvation, O Jehovah; And thy law is my delight.

³ Blessed are they that keep justice, And he that doeth righteousness at all times.

¹¹ My foot hath held fast to his steps; His way have I kept, and turned not aside.

¹² I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured up the words of his mouth more than my necessary food.

¹⁰ Will he delight himself in the Almighty, And call upon God at all times?