¹ As a deer longs for streams of water,
so I long for You, God.^(A)

² I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I come and appear before God?^(A)

¹ God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You.
I thirst for You;
my body faints for You
in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.^(B)

² I long and yearn
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh cry out for^[a] the living God.^(A)

⁴⁰ How I long for Your precepts!^(A)
Give me life through Your righteousness.

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant^(A)
because I long for Your commands.