Solomon’s ¹  Most Excellent ²  Love Song. ³ 

I will learn a song that imparts wisdom; I will then sing my insightful song to the accompaniment of a harp. ¹ 

Then Israel sang ¹  this song: “Spring up, O well, sing to it!

So on that day Moses wrote down this song and taught it to the Israelites,

On that day Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang this victory song: ¹ 

“And now I have become their taunt song; I have become a byword ¹  among them.

Remember to extol ¹  his work, which people have praised in song.

Sing to him a new song! ¹  Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! ² 

For God is king of the whole earth! Sing a well-written song! ¹ 

For the music director; a song, a psalm. Shout out praise to God, all the earth!

I will sing a song that imparts wisdom; I will make insightful observations about the past. ¹ 

Sing to the Lord a new song! ²  Sing to the Lord, all the earth!

A song of ascents. ²  I look up ³  toward the hills. From where ⁴  does my help come?

A song of ascents. ²  I look up ³  toward you, the one enthroned ⁴  in heaven.

A song of ascents. ²  “Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say.

A song of ascents. ²  From the deep water ³  I cry out to you, O Lord.

A song of ascents. ²  O Lord, for David’s sake remember all his strenuous effort, ³ 

How can we sing a song to the Lord in a foreign land?

The whole earth rests and is quiet; they break into song.

I have become the laughingstock of all people, ¹  their mocking song ²  all day long. ³