How beautiful are your cheeks, as those of a dove, your neck as chains!

I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting;

Many say, Who will show us good things? The light of Your countenance, O Lord, has been manifested towards us.

You have put gladness into my heart: they have been satisfied with the fruit of their grain and wine and oil.

One thing have I asked of the Lord, this will I earnestly seek; that I should dwell in the house of the Lord, all the days of my life, that I should behold the fair beauty of the Lord, and survey His temple.

Blessed are the people that knows the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of Your countenance.

The city had no need of the sun nor of the moon to shine, for the very glory of God illuminated it, and its lamp is the Lamb.

Who is this that comes up from the wilderness as pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the perfumer?

Your lips drop honeycomb, my spouse: honey and milk are under your tongue; and the smell of your garments is as the smell of Lebanon.

You are more beautiful than the sons of men; grace has been shed forth on Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.

The Lord, [even] God, gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word; He has appointed for me early, He has given me an ear to hear;

And all were bearing witness to Him, and were marveling at the gracious words which came out of His mouth. And they said, "Is this not Joseph's son?"