Song of Solomon 4
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Solomon’s Love Expressed
1“#4:1 Lit BeholdHow beautiful you are, my darling,
# 4:1 Lit Behold How beautiful you are!
Your eyes are like doves behind your veil;
Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount Gilead.
2“Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep
Which have come up from their watering place,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has lost her young.
3“Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
And your mouth is beautiful.
Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
4“Your neck is like the tower of David,
Built with layers of stones
On which are hung a thousand shields,
All the round shields of the warriors.
5“Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
That graze among the lilies.
6“Until #4:6 Lit the day blowsthe cool of the day
When the shadows flee,
I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
7¶“You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish on you.
8“Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,
You shall come with me from Lebanon.
You shall #4:8 Or lookcome down from the summit of Amana,
From the summit of Senir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
9“You have #4:9 Or stolenenchanted my heart, my sister, my bride;
You have #4:9 Or stolenenchanted my heart with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your necklace.
10“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much #4:10 Lit bettersweeter is your love than wine,
And the fragrance of your oils
Than that of all kinds of balsam oils!
11“Your lips drip honey, my bride;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon.
12“A locked garden is my sister, my bride,
A locked spring, a sealed fountain.
13“Your branches are an #4:13 Or park; or gardenorchard of pomegranates
With delicious fruits, henna with nard plants,
14Nard and saffron, spice reed and cinnamon,
With all the trees of frankincense,
Myrrh, and aloes, along with all the finest balsam oils.
15“You are a garden spring,
A well of #4:15 Lit living; i.e., runningfresh water,
And flowing streams from Lebanon.”
The Bride
16¶“Awake, north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
# 4:16 Or Drift through my Make my garden breathe out fragrance,
May its balsam oils flow.
May my beloved come into his garden
And eat its delicious fruits!”
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