Book 2
(Psalms 42-72)
For the music director; a well-written song
42:1 As a deer
so I long
42:2 I thirst
for the living God.
I say,
A psalm of David, written when he was in the Judean wilderness.
63:1 O God, you are my God! I long for you!
My soul thirsts
my flesh yearns for you,
in a dry and parched
63:2 Yes,
and witnessed
73:26 My flesh and my heart may grow weak,
but God always
119:20 I desperately long to know
your regulations at all times.
כ (Kaf)
119:81 I desperately long for
I find hope in your word.
143:6 I spread my hands out to you in prayer;
my soul thirsts for you in a parched
The Beloved about Her Lover:
2:4 He brought me
and he looked
2:5 Sustain
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.
The Double Refrain: Embracing and Adjuration
The Beloved to the Maidens:
5:8 O maidens of Jerusalem, I command you –
If you find my beloved, what will you tell him?
Tell him that I am lovesick!