When he struck them down, they sought his favor; they turned back and longed for God.

I love those who love me, and those who seek me find me.

But if you will look to God, and make your supplication to the Almighty,

Then they will call to me, but I will not answer; they will diligently seek me, but they will not find me.

That is why I came out to meet you, to look for you, and I found you!

The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil – it will come to him.

The one who spares his rod hates his child, but the one who loves his child is diligent in disciplining him.

Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.

Then I will return again to my lair until they have suffered their punishment. Then they will seek me; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

And why do you not pardon my transgression, and take away my iniquity? For now I will lie down in the dust, and you will seek me diligently, but I will be gone.”

I look for you during the night, my spirit within me seeks you at dawn, for when your judgments come upon the earth, those who live in the world learn about justice.

A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness. O God, you are my God! I long for you! My soul thirsts for you, my flesh yearns for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water.