Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her; those who hold her fast are called blessed.
My soul longs for your salvation; I hope in your word. My eyes long for your promise; I ask, “When will you comfort me?” For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
He drew me up from the pit of destruction, out of the miry bog, and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure. He put a new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God. Many will see and fear, and put their trust in the Lord.
The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever captures souls is wise.
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness; when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.
Answer me quickly, O Lord! My spirit fails! Hide not your face from me, lest I be like those who go down to the pit.
And Sarah said, “God has made laughter for me; everyone who hears will laugh over me.” And she said, “Who would have said to Abraham that Sarah would nurse children? Yet I have borne him a son in his old age.”
And she said, “Oh, my lord! As you live, my lord, I am the woman who was standing here in your presence, praying to the Lord. For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition that I made to him. Therefore I have lent him to the Lord. As long as he lives, he is lent to the Lord.” And he worshiped the Lord there.
Israel said to Joseph, “Now let me die, since I have seen your face and know that you are still alive.”
I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, if you find my beloved, that you tell him I am sick with love.
“Lord, now you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word; for my eyes have seen your salvation
through the middle of the street of the city; also, on either side of the river, the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit, yielding its fruit each month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
To the choirmaster. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah. As a deer pants for flowing streams, so pants my soul for you, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come and appear before God? My tears have been my food day and night, while they say to me all the day long, “Where is your God?”
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