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

⁶ I opened to my beloved; But my beloved left; gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.

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

⁷ Tell me, you whom my soul loves, Where you graze your flock, Where you rest them at noon; For why should I be as one who is veiled Beside the flocks of your companions? Lover

⁸ whom not having known you love; in whom, though now you don't see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy unspeakable and full of glory--

¹⁷ He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.

²⁴ "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.

⁶ Seek you Yahweh while he may be found; call you on him while he is near:

⁸ I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, That you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends

¹ > Out of the depths I have cried to you, Yahweh.

² Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to the voice of my petitions.

² In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord. My hand was stretched out in the night, and didn't get tired. My soul refused to be comforted.

³ I remember God, and I groan. I complain, and my spirit is overwhelmed. Selah.

⁴ You hold my eyelids open. I am so troubled that I can't speak.

⁶ When I remember you on my bed, And think about you in the night watches.

⁷ For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.

⁸ My soul stays close to you. Your right hand holds me up.

² My God, I cry in the daytime, but you don't answer; In the night season, and am not silent.

⁶ I am weary with my groaning; Every night I flood my bed; I drench my couch with my tears.

⁴ Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

⁸ "If I go east, he is not there; If west, I can't find him;

⁹ He works to the north, but I can't see him; He turns south, but I can't catch a glimpse of him.