Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

⁵ Adonai is my portion and my cup.
You cast my lot.
⁶ My boundary lines fall in pleasant places
—surely my heritage is beautiful.
⁷ I will bless Adonai, who counsels me.
Even at night my heart instructs me.
⁸ I have set Adonai always before me.
Since He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
⁹ So my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.
My body also rests secure.
¹⁰ For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol
nor let Your faithful one see the Pit.^[a]
11 You make known to me the path of life.
Abundance of joys are in Your presence,
    eternal pleasures at Your right hand.^[b]

⁸ The voice of my lover!
Behold, he is coming—
    leaping over the mountains,
    springing over the hills!
⁹ My lover is like a gazelle
    or a young buck among the stags.
Look! He is standing behind our wall—
    gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.

¹⁰ In response my lover said to me:
“Get yourself up, my darling,
    my pretty one, and come, come!^[a]
11 For behold, the winter has past,
    the rain is over, it has gone.
¹² Blossoms appear in the land,
    the time of singing has come,
and the voice of the turtle-dove
    is heard in our land.
¹³ The fig tree ripens its early figs.
    The blossoming vines give off their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling,
    my pretty one, and come, come!
¹⁴ My dove, in the clefts of the rock,
    in a secret place along the steep path,
    let me see your form,
    let me hear your voice.
For your voice is sweet
    and your form is lovely.”

¹⁵ Catch the foxes for us—
    the little foxes that ruin the vineyards,
    for our vineyards are in blossom.