²⁹ she, when she heard, riseth up quickly, and doth come to him;

⁸ To Thee said my heart `They sought my face, Thy face, O Jehovah, I seek.'

²³ Joy `is' to a man in the answer of his mouth, And a word in its season -- how good!

¹ On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not!

² -- Pray, let me rise, and go round the city, In the streets and in the broad places, I seek him whom my soul hath loved! -- I sought him, and I found him not.

³ The watchmen have found me, (Who are going round about the city), `Him whom my soul have loved saw ye?'

⁴ But a little I passed on from them, Till I found him whom my soul hath loved! I seized him, and let him not go, Till I brought him in unto the house of my mother -- And the chamber of her that conceived me.

⁵⁹ I have reckoned my ways, And turn back my feet unto Thy testimonies.

⁶⁰ I have made haste, And delayed not, to keep Thy commands.

¹⁷ Iron by iron is sharpened, And a man sharpens the face of his friend.