⁸ Let me hear joy and gladness;
    ^(A)let the bones ^(B)that you have broken rejoice.

^10 (A)Create in me a ^(B)clean heart, O God,
    and ^(C)renew a right^[a] spirit within me.

¹² Restore to me the joy of your salvation,
    and uphold me with a willing spirit.

² I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is ^(A)knocking.
“Open to me, my ^(B)sister, my ^(C)love,
    my ^(D)dove, my ^(E)perfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
    my ^(F)locks with the drops of the night.”
^3 (G)I had put off my garment;
    how could I put it on?
I had ^(H)bathed my feet;
    how could I soil them?
⁴ My beloved put his hand to the latch,
    and my heart was thrilled within me.

⁶ I opened to my beloved,
    but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he ^(A)spoke.
^(B)I sought him, but found him not;
    ^(C)I called him, but he gave no answer.