²⁰ My soul is consumed with ^(A)longing
    for your rules^[a] at all times.

² My soul ^(A)longs, yes, ^(B)faints
    for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
    to ^(C)the living God.

63 O God, you are my God; ^(B)earnestly I seek you;
    ^(C)my soul thirsts for you;
my flesh faints for you,
    as in ^(D)a dry and weary land where there is no water.

¹³¹ I ^(A)open my mouth and ^(B)pant,
    because I ^(C)long for your commandments.

⁴⁰ Behold, I ^(A)long for your precepts;
    ^(B)in your righteousness give me life!

42 ^(B)As a deer pants for flowing streams,
    so pants my soul for you, O God.
^2 (C)My soul thirsts for God,
    for ^(D)the living God.
When shall I come and ^(E)appear before God?^[b]

¹⁷⁴ I ^(A)long for your salvation, O Lord,
    and your law is my ^(B)delight.

¹¹ My foot ^(A)has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have ^(B)not turned aside.
¹² I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have ^(C)treasured the words of his mouth more than my ^(D)portion of food.