1  I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart;

I will recount all of your ^gwonderful deeds.

2  I will be glad and ^hexult in you;

I will ⁱsing praise to your name, ^jO Most High.

3  When my enemies turn back,

they stumble and perish before³ your presence.

4  For you have ^kmaintained my just cause;

you have ^lsat on the throne, giving righteous judgment.

5  You have ^mrebuked the nations; you have made the wicked perish;

you have ⁿblotted out their name forever and ever.

6  The enemy came to an end in everlasting ruins;

their cities you rooted out;

the very memory of them has perished.

7  But the Lord sits enthroned forever;

he has established his throne for justice,

8  and he ^ojudges the world with righteousness;

he ^pjudges the peoples with uprightness.

9  The Lord is ^qa stronghold for ^rthe oppressed,

a stronghold in ^stimes of trouble.

10  And those who ^tknow your name put their trust in you,

for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

11  Sing praises to the Lord, who ^usits enthroned in Zion!

Tell among the peoples his ^vdeeds!

12  For he who ^wavenges blood is mindful of them;

he ^xdoes not forget the cry of the afflicted.

13  ^yBe gracious to me, O Lord!

See my affliction from those who hate me,

O you who lift me up from ^zthe gates of death,

14  that I may recount all your praises,

that in the gates of ^athe daughter of Zion

I may ^brejoice in your salvation.

15  The nations have sunk in ^cthe pit that they made;

in ^dthe net that they hid, their own foot has been caught.

16  The Lord has made himself ^eknown; he has executed judgment;

the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands. Higgaion.⁴ Selah

17  The wicked shall ^freturn to Sheol,

all the nations that ^gforget God.

18  For the needy shall not always be forgotten,

and ^hthe hope of the poor shall not perish forever.

19  ⁱArise, O Lord! Let not ^jman prevail;

let the nations be judged before you!

20  Put them in fear, O Lord!

Let the nations know that they are but ^jmen! Selah

1  I am a rose¹ of Sharon,

^ka lily of the valleys.

2  As a lily among brambles,

so is ^lmy love among the young women.

3  As an apple tree among the trees of the forest,

so is my ^mbeloved among the young men.

With great delight I sat ⁿin his shadow,

and his ^ofruit was sweet to my taste.

4  He ^pbrought me to the banqueting house,²

and his ^qbanner over me was love.

5  Sustain me with ^rraisins;

refresh me with apples,

^sfor I am sick with love.

6  His ^tleft hand is under my head,

and his right hand ^uembraces me!

7  I ^vadjure you,³ O ^wdaughters of Jerusalem,

by ^xthe gazelles or the does of the field,

that you not stir up or awaken love

until it pleases.

8  The voice of my beloved!

Behold, he comes,

leaping ^yover the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

9  My beloved is like ^za gazelle

or a young stag.

Behold, there he stands

behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

looking through the lattice.

10  My beloved speaks and says to me:

^a“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away,

11  for behold, the winter is past;

^bthe rain is over and gone.

12  ^cThe flowers appear on the earth,

the time of singing⁴ has come,

and the voice of ^dthe turtledove

is heard in our land.

13  ^eThe fig tree ripens its figs,

and ^fthe vines are in blossom;

they give forth fragrance.

^gArise, my love, my beautiful one,

and come away.

14  O my ^hdove, in the ⁱclefts of the rock,

in the crannies of the cliff,

let me see your face,

let me ^jhear your voice,

for your voice is sweet,

and your face is ^klovely.

15  Catch ^lthe foxes⁵ for us,

the little foxes

that spoil the vineyards,

^ffor our vineyards are in blossom.”

16  ^mMy beloved is mine, and I am his;

he ⁿgrazes⁶ among the lilies.

17  Until ^othe day breathes

and ^pthe shadows flee,

turn, my beloved, be like ^qa gazelle

or a young stag on cleft mountains.⁷