אֶל־אֶ֛רֶץ זָבַ֥ת חָלָ֖ב וּדְבָ֑שׁ כִּי֩ לֹ֨א אֶֽעֱלֶ֜ה בְּקִרְבְּךָ֗ כִּ֤י עַם־קְשֵׁה־עֹ֙רֶף֙ אַ֔תָּה פֶּן־אֲכֶלְךָ֖ בַּדָּֽרֶךְ׃
patungo sa isang lupaing dinadaluyan ng gatas at pulot; sapagkat hindi Ako aahon sa gitna mo, sapagkat ikaw ay isang bayang matigas ang ulo, baka malipol kita sa daan.”
Song of Songs
On my couch [of grief] in the nights [of my thirty-eight years of rejection], I sought Him whom my soul loved. I sought Him, but I did not find Him [viz. Exodus 33:3].
Exodus
Behold, I will send an angel before you, to guard you on the way, and to bring you to the place that I have prepared.
Exodus
and said, “If I have found favor in Your eyes my Master, let my Master go among us; although it is a stiff-necked people, pardon our iniquity and our sins, and take us as Your own possession.”