²⁹ And she, when she heard it, arose quickly, and went unto him.

⁸ `When thou saidst', Seek ye my face; My heart said unto thee, Thy face, Jehovah, will I seek.

²³ A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

¹ By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

² `I said', I will rise now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.

³ The watchmen that go about the city found me; `To whom I said', Saw ye him whom my soul loveth?

⁴ It was but a little that I passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, And into the chamber of her that conceived me.

⁵⁹ I thought on my ways, And turned my feet unto thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I made haste, and delayed not, To observe thy commandments.

¹⁷ Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.