Draw me; we will run after thee:\par\tab The king hath brought me into his chambers;\par\tab We will be glad and rejoice in thee;\par\tab We will make mention of thy love more than of wine:\par\tab Rightly do they love thee.\par
For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand.\par\tab I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God,\par\tab Than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the root of Jesse, that standeth for an ensign of the peoples, unto him shall the nations seek; and his resting-place shall be glorious.\par
I am come into my garden, my sister, {\i my} bride:\par\tab I have gathered my myrrh with my spice;\par\tab I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;\par\tab I have drunk my wine with my milk.\par\tab Eat, O friends;\par\tab Drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine {\i and went} into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Hast not thou made a hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath, on every side? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land.