1 Bless and affectionately praise the Lord, O my soul,

And all that is [deep] within me, bless His holy name.

1 O God, You are my God; with deepest longing I will seek You;

My *soul [my life, my very self] thirsts for You, my flesh longs and sighs for You,

In a dry and weary land where there is no water.

11 Why are you in despair, O my soul?

Why have you become restless and disquieted within me?

Hope in God and wait expectantly for Him, for I shall yet praise Him,

The *help of my countenance and my God.

1 For God alone my soul waits in silence;

From Him comes my salvation.

5 I wait [patiently] for the Lord, my soul [expectantly] waits,

And in His word do I hope.

23 My lips will shout for joy when I sing praises to You,

And my soul, which You have redeemed.

7 The law of the Lord is perfect (flawless), restoring and refreshing the soul;

The statutes of the Lord are reliable and trustworthy, making wise the simple.

13 For You formed my innermost parts;

You knit me [together] in my mother’s womb.

14 I will give thanks and praise to You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made;

Wonderful are Your works,

And my soul knows it very well.

2 Rescue my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,

And from a deceitful tongue.

26 For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world [wealth, fame, success], but forfeits his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?

37 And Jesus replied to him, " ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ [Deut 6:5]

28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; but rather be afraid of Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 But from there you will seek the Lord your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.

5 Only be very careful and diligently observe the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of the Lord has commanded you to love the Lord your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and hold fast to Him and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul [your very life]."

14 "Now behold, today I am going the way of all the earth, and you know in all your hearts and in all your souls that not one word of all the good words which the Lord your God has promised concerning you has failed; all have been fulfilled for you, not one of them has failed.

13 Then [with a deep longing] you will seek Me and require Me [as a vital necessity] and [you will] find Me when you search for Me with all your heart. [Deut 4:29, 30]

16 Thus says the Lord,

"Stand by the roads and look; ask for the ancient paths,

Where the good way is; then walk in it,

And you will find rest for your souls.

But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’ [Matt 11:29]

24 Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,

Sweet and delightful to the soul and healing to the body.

2 Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].