נַפְשִׁ֤י אִוִּיתִ֙יךָ֙ בַּלַּ֔יְלָה אַף־רוּחִ֥י בְקִרְבִּ֖י אֲשַֽׁחֲרֶ֑ךָּ כִּ֞י כַּאֲשֶׁ֤ר מִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙ לָאָ֔רֶץ צֶ֥דֶק לָמְד֖וּ יֹשְׁבֵ֥י תֵבֵֽל׃
מיט מײַן זעל האָב איך דיך געגלוסט בײַ נאַכט, יאָ, מיט מײַן גײַסט אין מיר האָב איך דיך געזוכט, װאָרום אַז דײַנע משפּטים זײַנען אױף דער ערד, לערנען גערעכטיקײט די באַװױנער פֿון דער װעלט.
Rashi
[With] my soul I longed for You in my exile, which resembles night, to perform these.
Ibn Ezra
נפשי My soul, that is, the thought of my soul,8A. V., With my soul, with my spirit. אויתיך I desired thee, and אשחרך Will I seek thee early, are, according to I. E., the thoughts which fill the soul and spirit of the righteous, and are, therefore, by a kind of metonymy, called their soul and spirit. was בלילה אויתיך I have desired Thee in the night;
Rashi
even [with] my spirit within me I beseeched you I beseeched You for all this. Why? Because, when Your judgments come to the earth, when you execute justice upon the wicked.
Rashi
the inhabitants of the world learn justification They learn to justify Your judgment and to acknowledge Your standards for they see the sinner punished and the righteous receiving a good reward.