My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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

My flesh and my heart faileth: {but} God {is} the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. {strength: Heb. rock}

Thou {art} my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

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

Let thy tender mercies come unto me, that I may live: for thy law {is} my delight.

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I {am} sick of love. {that ye: Heb. what, etc}

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}

[To the chief Musician, Maschil, for the sons of Korah.] As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. {Maschil...: or, A Psalm giving instruction of the sons, etc} {panteth: Heb. brayeth}

They that fear thee will be glad when they see me; because I have hoped in thy word.

My soul breaketh for the longing {that it hath} unto thy judgments at all times.

I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

Thou {art} my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but {when} the desire cometh, {it is} a tree of life.

But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation.

Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope {is} in thee.

For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward {man} is renewed day by day.

Make me to hear joy and gladness; {that} the bones {which} thou hast broken may rejoice.

My flesh and my heart faileth: {but} God {is} the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. {strength: Heb. rock}

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

ZAIN. Remember the word unto thy servant, upon which thou hast caused me to hope.

For thou {art} my hope, O Lord GOD: {thou art} my trust from my youth.

LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.

Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant {me} the thing that I long for! {the thing...: Heb. my expectation}

So shall I have wherewith to answer him that reproacheth me: for I trust in thy word. {So...: or, So shall I answer him that reproveth me in a thing}

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

[A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah.] O God, thou {art} my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is; {thirsty: Heb. weary} {where...: without water}

O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? {the body...: or, this body of death}

Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.

Although my house {be} not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all {things}, and sure: for {this is} all my salvation, and all {my} desire, although he make {it} not to grow.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. {is gone...: Heb. is not with me}

I have longed for thy salvation, O LORD; and thy law {is} my delight.

Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; my heart within me is desolate.

And the meat of his table, and the sitting of his servants, and the attendance of his ministers, and their apparel; his cupbearers also, and their apparel; and his ascent by which he went up into the house of the LORD; there was no more spirit in her. {cupbearers: or, butlers}

I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, that I {am} sick of love. {that ye: Heb. what, etc}

This I recall to my mind, therefore have I hope. {recall...: Heb. make to return to my heart}

When my soul fainted within me I remembered the LORD: and my prayer came in unto thee, into thine holy temple.

Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee: let such as love thy salvation say continually, The LORD be magnified.

For whatsoever things were written aforetime were written for our learning, that we through patience and comfort of the scriptures might have hope.

And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem, which {is} by the gate!