⁵ Stay ye me with raisins, refresh me with apples; For I am sick from love.

⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved, That ye tell him, that I am sick from love.

¹ And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of `her' friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.

¹⁹ And he dealt among all the people, even among the whole multitude of Israel, both to men and women, to every one a cake of bread, and a portion `of flesh', and a cake of raisins. So all the people departed every one to his house.

²³ But I am in a strait betwixt the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ; for it is very far better:

³² And they said one to another, Was not our heart burning within us, while he spake to us in the way, while he opened to us the scriptures?

⁸ Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial `name', is the desire of our soul.

⁹ With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.

⁸ I said, I will climb up into the palm-tree, I will take hold of the branches thereof: Let thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, And the smell of thy breath like apples,

¹³⁰ The opening of thy words giveth light; It giveth understanding unto the simple.

¹³¹ I opened wide my mouth, and panted; For I longed for thy commandments.

⁸ My soul followeth hard after thee: Thy right hand upholdeth me.

¹ O God, thou art my God; earnestly will I seek thee: My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee, In a dry and weary land, where no water is.

² So have I looked upon thee in the sanctuary, To see thy power and thy glory.

³ Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, My lips shall praise thee.

¹ As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

² My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: When shall I come and appear before God?

⁶ Many there are that say, Who will show us `any' good? Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

⁷ Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than `they have' when their grain and their new wine are increased.

³ And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a portion `of flesh', and a cake of raisins.

¹ And it came to pass after this, that Absalom the son of David had a fair sister, whose name was Tamar; and Amnon the son of David loved her.

² And Amnon was so vexed that he fell sick because of his sister Tamar; for she was a virgin; and it seemed hard to Amnon to do anything unto her.