But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

[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; {thirsty: Heb. weary} {where...: without water}

At midnight I will rise to give thanks unto thee because of thy righteous judgments.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

When I remember thee upon my bed, {and} meditate on thee in the {night} watches.

And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

So that a man shall say, Verily {there is} a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth in the earth. {a reward...: Heb. fruit of the, etc}

And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven. {of men: Gr. names of men}

And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:

I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

I sleep, but my heart waketh: {it is} the voice of my beloved that knocketh, {saying}, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, {and} my locks with the drops of the night.

And all men shall fear, and shall declare the work of God; for they shall wisely consider of his doing.

By this therefore shall the iniquity of Jacob be purged; and this {is} all the fruit to take away his sin; when he maketh all the stones of the altar as chalkstones that are beaten in sunder, the groves and images shall not stand up. {images: or, sun images}

That {men} may know that thou, whose name alone {is} JEHOVAH, {art} the most high over all the earth.

My soul {waiteth} for the Lord more than they that watch for the morning: {I say, more than} they that watch for the morning. {I say...: or, which watch unto}

When he slew them, then they sought him: and they returned and enquired early after God.

I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}

But {as} truly {as} I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD.

Arise, cry out in the night: in the beginning of the watches pour out thine heart like water before the face of the Lord: lift up thy hands toward him for the life of thy young children, that faint for hunger in the top of every street.

My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning will I direct {my prayer} unto thee, and will look up.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {thou} only {art} holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.

In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. {sore: Heb. hand}

Blessed {is} the man whose strength {is} in thee; in whose heart {are} the ways {of them}.

The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

He {is} the LORD our God: his judgments {are} in all the earth.

My soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me.

Which yet my soul seeketh, but I find not: one man among a thousand have I found; but a woman among all those have I not found.

The desire of the righteous {is} only good: {but} the expectation of the wicked {is} wrath.

I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.

And all the inhabitants of the earth {are} reputed as nothing: and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and {among} the inhabitants of the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?

Then the men feared the LORD exceedingly, and offered a sacrifice unto the LORD, and made vows. {offered...: Heb. sacrifice unto the LORD, and vowed vows}

I prevented the dawning of the morning, and cried: I hoped in thy word.

Because they regard not the works of the LORD, nor the operation of his hands, he shall destroy them, and not build them up.

So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that {are} round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken {it}.

He {is} the LORD our God; his judgments {are} in all the earth.

I will go {and} return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. {acknowledge...: Heb. be guilty}

But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, {and} my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.

Thus will I cause lewdness to cease out of the land, that all women may be taught not to do after your lewdness.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest {thy flock} to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? {as one...: or, as one that is veiled}