8  Let me hear joy and gladness;

^jlet the bones ^kthat you have broken rejoice.

10  ^mCreate in me a ⁿclean heart, O God,

and ^orenew a right¹ spirit within me.

12  Restore to me the joy of your salvation,

and uphold me with a willing spirit.

2  I slept, but my heart was awake.

A sound! My beloved is ^mknocking.

“Open to me, my ⁿsister, my ^olove,

my ^pdove, my ^qperfect one,

for my head is wet with dew,

my ^rlocks with the drops of the night.”

3  ^sI had put off my garment;

how could I put it on?

I had ^tbathed my feet;

how could I soil them?

4  My beloved put his hand to the latch,

and my heart was thrilled within me.

6  I opened to my beloved,

but my beloved had turned and gone.

My soul failed me when he ^vspoke.

^wI sought him, but found him not;

^xI called him, but he gave no answer.