⁶ I made the door open to my loved one; but my loved one had taken himself away, and was gone, my soul was feeble when his back was turned on me; I went after him, but I did not come near him; I said his name, but he gave me no answer.

² I am sleeping, but my heart is awake; it is the sound of my loved one at the door, saying, Be open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my very beautiful one; my head is wet with dew, and my hair with the drops of the night.

² Why, then, when I came, was there no man? and no one to give answer to my voice? has my hand become feeble, so that it is unable to take up your cause? or have I no power to make you free? See, at my word the sea becomes dry, I make the rivers a waste land: their fish are dead for need of water, and make an evil smell.

⁶ For the Lord has made you come back to him, like a wife who has been sent away in grief of spirit; for one may not give up the wife of one's early days.

⁷ For a short time I gave you up; but with great mercies I will take you back again.

⁸ In overflowing wrath my face was veiled from you for a minute, but I will have pity on you for ever, says the Lord who takes up your cause.

¹⁶ For I will not give punishment for ever, or be angry without end: for from me breath goes out; and I it was who made the souls.

² Though they make prayer to me every day, and take pleasure in the knowledge of my ways: like a nation which has done righteousness, and has not given up the rules of their God, they make requests to me for the right orders, it is their delight to come near to God.

⁸ Even when I send up a cry for help, he keeps my prayer shut out.

⁶ They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

¹⁵ I will go back to my place till they are made waste; in their trouble they will go after me early and will make search for me.

¹³ And it came about that as they would not give ear to his voice, so I would not give ear to their voice, says the Lord of armies:

²² And a woman of Canaan came out from those parts, crying and saying, Have pity on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is greatly troubled with an unclean spirit.

²³ But he gave her no answer. And his disciples came and said to him, Send her away, for she is crying after us.

²⁴ But he made answer and said, I was sent only to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel.

²⁵ But she came and gave him worship, saying, Help, Lord.

²⁶ And he made answer and said, It is not right to take the children's bread and give it to the dogs.

²⁷ But she said, Yes, Lord: but even the dogs take the bits from under their masters' table.

²⁸ Then Jesus, answering, said to her, O woman, great is your faith: let your desire be done. And her daughter was made well from that hour.

⁷⁵ And the word of Jesus came back to Peter, when he said, Before the hour of the cock's cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And he went out, weeping bitterly.

⁷² And in the same minute, the cock gave a second cry. And it came to Peter's mind how Jesus had said to him, Before the cock's second cry, you will say three times that you have no knowledge of me. And at this thought he was overcome with weeping.

⁶¹ And the Lord, turning, gave Peter a look. And the words of the Lord came to Peter's mind, how he had said, This night, before the hour of the cock's cry, you will be false to me three times.

⁶² And he went out, weeping bitterly.

¹⁹ To all those who are dear to me, I give sharp words and punishment: then with all your heart have sorrow for your evil ways.

¹ And in that day you will say I will give praise to you, O Lord; for though you were angry with me, your wrath is turned away, and I am comforted.

¹⁷ And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

⁶ And when Saul went for directions to the Lord, the Lord gave him no answer, by a dream or by the Urim or by the prophets.

¹⁰ And the king said, What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? Let him go on cursing, for the Lord has said, Put a curse on David, and who then may say, Why have you done so?

¹ <To the chief music-maker on Aijeleth-hash-shahar. A Psalm. Of David.> My God, my God, why are you turned away from me? why are you so far from helping me, and from the words of my crying?

² O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.

¹ <Of David.> My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

⁷ Lord, by your grace you have kept my mountain strong: when your face was turned from me I was troubled.

³ I am tired with my crying; my throat is burning: my eyes are wasted with waiting for my God.

³ I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

⁴ O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?

⁹ My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.

¹⁰ Will you do works of wonder for the dead? will the shades come back to give you praise? (Selah.)

¹¹ Will the story of your mercy be given in the house of the dead? will news of your faith come to the place of destruction?

¹² May there be knowledge of your wonders in the dark? or of your righteousness where memory is dead?

¹³ But to you did I send up my cry, O Lord; in the morning my prayer came before you.

¹⁴ Lord, why have you sent away my soul? why is your face covered from me?

²⁸ Then I will give no answer to their cries; searching for me early, they will not see me:

¹ By night on my bed I was looking for him who is the love of my soul: I was looking for him, but I did not see him.

² I will get up now and go about the town, in the streets and in the wide ways I will go after him who is the love of my soul: I went after him, but I did not see him.

⁴ My loved one put his hand on the door, and my heart was moved for him.

¹ Where is your loved one gone, O most fair among women? Where is your loved one turned away, that we may go looking for him with you?

²⁸ And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?