⁹ You have ravished my heart, my sister, my bride,
    you have ravished my heart with a glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.
¹⁰ How sweet is your love, my sister, my bride!
    how much better is your love than wine,
    and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
¹¹ Your lips distil nectar, my bride;
    honey and milk are under your tongue;
    the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.
¹² A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
    a garden locked, a fountain sealed.
¹³ Your channel^[b] is an orchard of pomegranates
    with all choicest fruits,
    henna with nard,
¹⁴ nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon,
    with all trees of frankincense,
myrrh and aloes,
    with all chief spices—
¹⁵ a garden fountain, a well of living water,
    and flowing streams from Lebanon.

¹⁶ Awake, O north wind,
    and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my garden
    that its fragrance may be wafted abroad.
Let my beloved come to his garden,
    and eat its choicest fruits.

⁵ For I know that the Lord is great;
    our Lord is above all gods.
⁶ Whatever the Lord pleases he does,
    in heaven and on earth,
    in the seas and all deeps.
⁷ He it is who makes the clouds rise at the end of the earth;
    he makes lightnings for the rain
    and brings out the wind from his storehouses.

⁸ He it was who struck down the firstborn of Egypt,
    both human beings and animals;
⁹ he sent signs and wonders
    into your midst, O Egypt,
    against Pharaoh and all his servants.
¹⁰ He struck down many nations
    and killed mighty kings—
¹¹ Sihon, king of the Amorites,
    and Og, king of Bashan,
    and all the kingdoms of Canaan—
¹² and gave their land as a heritage,
    a heritage to his people Israel.

¹³ Your name, O Lord, endures for ever,
    your renown, O Lord, throughout all ages.
¹⁴ For the Lord will vindicate his people,
    and have compassion on his servants.

¹⁵ The idols of the nations are silver and gold,
    the work of human hands.
¹⁶ They have mouths, but they do not speak;
    they have eyes, but they do not see;