⁴ These things I remember
    as I pour out my soul:^(A)
how I used to go to the house of God^(B)
    under the protection of the Mighty One^[a]
with shouts of joy^(C) and praise^(D)
    among the festive throng.^(E)

5 I will sing for the one I love
    a song about his vineyard:^(A)
My loved one had a vineyard
    on a fertile hillside.
² He dug it up and cleared it of stones
    and planted it with the choicest vines.^(B)
He built a watchtower^(C) in it
    and cut out a winepress^(D) as well.
Then he looked for a crop of good grapes,
    but it yielded only bad fruit.^(E)