²⁹ When she heard this, she arose quickly, and went to him.

⁸ When you said, "Seek my face," My heart said to you, "I will seek your face, Yahweh."

²³ Joy comes to a man with the reply of his mouth. How good is a word at the right time!

¹ By night on my bed, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

² I will get up now, and go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, but I didn't find him.

³ The watchmen who go about the city found me; "Have you seen him whom my soul loves?"

⁴ I had scarcely passed from them, When I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not let him go, Until I had brought him into my mother's house, Into the chamber of her who conceived me.

⁵⁹ I considered my ways, And turned my steps to your statutes.

⁶⁰ I will hurry, and not delay, To obey your commandments.

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron; So a man sharpens his friend's countenance.