⁸ Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,^(C)
    come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
    from the top of Senir,^(D) the summit of Hermon,^(E)
from the lions’ dens
    and the mountain haunts of leopards.
⁹ You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;^(F)
    you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.^(G)
10 How delightful^(H) is your love^(I), my sister, my bride!
    How much more pleasing is your love than wine,^(J)
and the fragrance of your perfume^(K)
    more than any spice!
¹¹ Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.^(L)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.^(M)
12 You are a garden^(N) locked up, my sister, my bride;^(O)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.^(P)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates^(Q)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna^(R) and nard,
¹⁴     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,^(S)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh^(T) and aloes^(U)
    and all the finest spices.^(V)
15 You are^[a] a garden^(W) fountain,^(X)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

Praise the name of the Lord;
    praise him, you servants^(B) of the Lord,
² you who minister in the house^(C) of the Lord,
    in the courts^(D) of the house of our God.

³ Praise the Lord, for the Lord is good;^(E)
    sing praise to his name,^(F) for that is pleasant.^(G)
4 For the Lord has chosen Jacob^(H) to be his own,
    Israel to be his treasured possession.^(I)

⁵ I know that the Lord is great,^(J)
    that our Lord is greater than all gods.^(K)
6 The Lord does whatever pleases him,^(L)
    in the heavens and on the earth,^(M)
    in the seas and all their depths.
⁷ He makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth;
    he sends lightning with the rain^(N)
    and brings out the wind^(O) from his storehouses.^(P)

⁸ He struck down the firstborn^(Q) of Egypt,
    the firstborn of people and animals.
⁹ He sent his signs^(R) and wonders into your midst, Egypt,
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.^(S)
10 He struck down many^(T) nations
    and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon^(U) king of the Amorites,^(V)
    Og king of Bashan,^(W)
    and all the kings of Canaan^(X)—
¹² and he gave their land as an inheritance,^(Y)
    an inheritance to his people Israel.

¹³ Your name, Lord, endures forever,^(Z)
    your renown,^(AA) Lord, through all generations.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people^(AB)
    and have compassion on his servants.^(AC)

¹⁵ The idols of the nations^(AD) are silver and gold,
    made by human hands.^(AE)
16 They have mouths, but cannot speak,^(AF)
    eyes, but cannot see.