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The Song of Songs is a collection of love poetry using natural and royal imagery to express longing and sensual enjoyment between lovers.

Isaiah uses the metaphor of a neglected vineyard to warn Israel of divine punishment resulting from a lack of social justice.

Lamentations uses moving imagery to memorialize the catastrophe of the destruction of Jerusalem.

King David mourns the deaths of Saul and Jonathan, honoring their bravery and his close bond with Jonathan.

King David's last words celebrate his role as a prophet and singer and affirm God's dynastic promise.

Each verse of this psalm recounting divine acts of creation and rescue is punctuated with a refrain of God's eternal love.