²⁰ My soul is broken with desire for your decisions at all times.

² The passion of my soul's desire is for the house of the Lord; my heart and my flesh are crying out for the living God.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David. When he was in the waste land of Judah.> O God, you are my God; early will I make my search for you: my soul is dry for need of you, my flesh is wasted with desire for you, as a dry and burning land where no water is;

¹³¹ My mouth was open wide, waiting with great desire for your teachings.

⁴⁰ See how great is my desire for your orders: give me life in your righteousness.

¹ <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

² My soul is dry for need of God, the living God; when may I come and see the face of God?

¹⁵ I have knowledge of your works, that you are not cold or warm: it would be better if you were cold or warm.

¹⁶ So because you are not one thing or the other, I will have no more to do with you.

⁸ I say to you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you see my loved one, what will you say to him? That I am overcome with love.

¹⁷ A friend is loving at all times, and becomes a brother in times of trouble.

¹² Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.

¹⁷⁴ All my desire has been for your salvation, O Lord; and your law is my delight.

³ Happy are they whose decisions are upright, and he who does righteousness at all times.

¹¹ My feet have gone in his steps; I have kept in his way, without turning to one side or to the other.

¹² I have never gone against the orders of his lips; the words of his mouth have been stored up in my heart.

¹⁰ Will he take delight in the Ruler of all, and make his prayer to God at all times?