⁸ I said, “I will climb the palm tree;
    I will take hold of its fruit.”
May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,
    the fragrance of your breath like apples,^(A)

⁶ “I, the Lord, have called^(A) you in righteousness;^(B)
    I will take hold of your hand.^(C)
I will keep^(D) you and will make you
    to be a covenant^(E) for the people
    and a light^(F) for the Gentiles,^(G)

⁷ No one^(A) calls on your name^(B)
    or strives to lay hold of you;
for you have hidden^(C) your face from us
    and have given us over^(D) to^[a] our sins.

²¹ What will you say when the Lord sets over you
    those you cultivated as your special allies?^(A)
Will not pain grip you
    like that of a woman in labor?^(B)

“This is my name^(C) forever,
    the name you shall call me
    from generation to generation.^(D)