Longed For

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!

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

For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Therefore, my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my joy and crown, so stand fast in the Lord, my dearly beloved.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.

I opened my mouth, and panted: for I longed for thy commandments.

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

And he said unto them, With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer:

O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!

For he longed after you all, and was full of heaviness, because that ye had heard that he had been sick.

• Rising

{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;

And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee, and all things which were dainty and goodly are departed from thee, and thou shalt find them no more at all.