Episode 538 - Sing a new song to the Lord

<p>https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122121.cfm</p> <p><a href="https://bible.usccb.org/bible/songofsongs/2?8">Sg 2:8-14</a></p> <p>Hark! my lover–here he comes<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;springing across the mountains,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;leaping across the hills.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;My lover is like a gazelle<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;or a young stag.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Here he stands behind our wall,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;gazing through the windows,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;peering through the lattices.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;My lover speaks; he says to me,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;“Arise, my beloved, my dove, my beautiful one,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and come!<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;“For see, the winter is past,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;the rains are over and gone.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The flowers appear on the earth,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;the time of pruning the vines has come,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and the song of the dove is heard in our land.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The fig tree puts forth its figs,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and the vines, in bloom, give forth fragrance.<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Arise, my beloved, my beautiful one,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and come!</p> <p>“O my dove in the clefts of the rock,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;in the secret recesses of the cliff,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;Let me see you,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;let me hear your voice,&nbsp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;For your voice is sweet,<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;and you are lovely.”</p> <p>Ps 33 <strong>Exult, you just, in the Lord! Sing to him a new song.</strong><br> Give thanks to the LORD on the harp;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;with the ten-stringed lyre chant his praises.<br> Sing to him a new song;<br> &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;pluck the strings skillfully, with sho