Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

16 Preserve me, O God, for in you I ^(B)take refuge.
² I say to the Lord, “You are my Lord;
    ^(C)I have no good apart from you.”
³ As for ^(D)the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones,
    in whom is all my delight.^[b]
4 The sorrows of those who run after^[c] another god shall multiply;
    their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out
    or ^(E)take their names on my lips.
⁵ The Lord is ^(F)my chosen portion and my ^(G)cup;
    you hold my ^(H)lot.
^6 (I)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
    indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
⁷ I bless the Lord who ^(J)gives me counsel;
    in ^(K)the night also my ^(L)heart instructs me.^[d]
8 (M)I have ^(N)set the Lord always before me;
    because he is at my ^(O)right hand, I shall not be ^(P)shaken.
⁹ Therefore my heart is glad, and my ^(Q)whole being^[e] rejoices;
    my flesh also dwells secure.
¹⁰ For you will not abandon my soul to ^(R)Sheol,
    ^(S)or let your ^(T)holy one see ^(U)corruption.^[f]
11 You make known to me ^(V)the path of life;
    in your presence there is ^(W)fullness of joy;
    at your right hand are ^(X)pleasures for evermore.

⁸ The voice of my beloved!
    Behold, he comes,
leaping ^(A)over the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.
⁹ My beloved is like ^(B)a 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:
^(C)“Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away,
¹¹ for behold, the winter is past;
    ^(D)the rain is over and gone.
^12 (E)The flowers appear on the earth,
    the time of singing^[a] has come,
and the voice of ^(F)the turtle-dove
    is heard in our land.
^13 (G)The fig tree ripens its figs,
    and ^(H)the vines are in blossom;
    they give forth fragrance.
^(I)Arise, my love, my beautiful one,
    and come away.
¹⁴ O my ^(J)dove, in the ^(K)clefts of the rock,
    in the crannies of the cliff,
let me see your face,
    let me ^(L)hear your voice,
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is ^(M)lovely.
¹⁵ Catch ^(N)the foxes^[b] for us,
    the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards,
    ^(O)for our vineyards are in blossom.”