Shulamite: By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him, but I did not find him.

and the roof of your mouth like excellent wine. Shulamite: The wine goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding gently over the lips into sleep.

And while he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep with my face toward the ground. But he touched me, and stood me upright.

And the angel who spoke with me returned and awakened me, as a man is awakened out of his sleep.

but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

But while the bridegroom was delayed, they all nodded and fell asleep.

And He came to the disciples and found them asleep, and said to Peter, What? Were you not able to watch with Me one hour?

Watch and pray, that you not enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

But Peter and those with him were heavy with sleep; and when they were fully awake, they saw His glory and the two men who stood with Him.

Therefore He says: Awake, you who sleep, stand forth out from among the dead, and Christ will shine on you.

Shulamite: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he comes leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

My beloved spoke, and said to me: Rise up, my love, my beautiful one, and come away.

And when he brings out his own sheep, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me.

Lift up your heads, O you gates! And be lifted up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in.

Lift up your heads, O you gates! Lift up, you everlasting doors! And the King of Glory shall come in.

I am Jehovah your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt; open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

My son, give Me your heart, and let your eyes take pleasure in observing My ways.

O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the cliff, let me see your form, let me hear your voice; for your voice is sweet, and your appearance is beautiful.

But my dove, my perfect one, is the one, the only one of her mother, the pure of the one who bore her. The daughters saw her and called her blessed, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.

ALEPH: Blessed are the upright in the way, who walk in the Law of Jehovah.

You have a few names even in Sardis who have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with Me in white, for they are worthy.

These are the ones who were not defiled with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever He leads. These were redeemed from among men, being firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.

Many waters cannot quench love, nor can the rivers overflow it. If a man would give for love all the wealth of his house, it would be despised with contempt.

So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, and they were only a day in his eyes because of the love he had for her.

There I was: In the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night, and my sleep fled from my eyes.

Thus I have been in your house twenty years; I served you fourteen years for your two daughters, and six years for your flock, and you have changed my wages ten times.

I gave My back to those who strike, and My cheeks to those who pluck; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.

Just as many were astonished at You (His appearance was disfigured more than any man, and His form more than the sons of mankind);

He is despised and rejected by men; a Man of pain, and knowing infirmity; a hiding of faces; being despised, we have esteemed Him not.

But He was wounded for our transgressions; He was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement for our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.

that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying: He Himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses.

for I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in;

Then the righteous will answer Him, saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry and feed You, or thirsty and give You drink?

Or when did we see You sick, or in prison, and come to You?

Then He will also say to those on the left hand, Depart from Me, you cursed, into the everlasting fire having been prepared for the devil and his angels:

I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.

Then He will answer them, saying, Truly, I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.

And in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there prayed.

Now it came to pass in those days that He went out into the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. And His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.

For the love of Christ holds us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died;

and He died for all, that those who live should no longer live unto themselves, but unto Him who died for them and rose again.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.