⁴⁰ How I long^(A) for your precepts!
    In your righteousness preserve my life.^(B)

¹³¹ I open my mouth and pant,^(A)
    longing for your commands.^(B)

¹⁷⁴ I long for your salvation,^(A) Lord,
    and your law gives me delight.^(B)

¹ As the deer^(A) pants for streams of water,^(B)
    so my soul pants^(C) for you, my God.
² My soul thirsts^(D) for God, for the living God.^(E)
    When can I go^(F) and meet with God?