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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Solomon&#8217;s Song of Songs.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">He </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">and </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">She </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">respectively. The words of others are marked </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">Friends. </span></span><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">for your love is more delightful than wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.1.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">your name is like perfume poured out.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">No wonder the young women love you!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Take me away with you&#8212;let us hurry!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">Let the king bring me into his chambers.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">We rejoice and delight in you</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew is masculine singular.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">we will praise your love more than wine.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">How right they are to adore you!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.1.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Dark am I, yet lovely,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">daughters of Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">dark like the tents of Kedar,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">like the tent curtains of Solomon.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:5 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Salma</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.1.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Do not stare at me because I am dark,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">because I am darkened by the sun.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">My mother&#8217;s sons were angry with me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">and made me take care of the vineyards;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">my own vineyard I had to neglect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Tell me, you whom I love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">where you graze your flock</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">and where you rest your sheep at midday.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">Why should I be like a veiled woman</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">beside the flocks of your friends?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">If you do not know, most beautiful of women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">follow the tracks of the sheep</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">and graze your young goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">by the tents of the shepherds.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I liken you, my darling, to a mare</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">among Pharaoh&#8217;s chariot horses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">your neck with strings of jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.1.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">We will make you earrings of gold,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">studded with silver.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">While the king was at his table,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">my perfume spread its fragrance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.1.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">resting between my breasts.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.1.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">from the vineyards of En Gedi.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are, my darling!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Oh, how beautiful!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">Your eyes are doves.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.1.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">How handsome you are, my beloved!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">Oh, how charming!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">And our bed is verdant.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The beams of our house are cedars;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.1.17"><span class="content">our rafters are firs.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">Or </span></span><span class="fqa"><span class="heading">He</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I am a rose</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">Probably a member of the crocus family</span></span></span><span class="content"> of Sharon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="content">a lily of the valleys.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.2.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Like a lily among thorns</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="content">is my darling among the young women.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Like an apple</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:3 </span><span class="ft">Or possibly </span><span class="fqa">apricot</span><span class="ft">; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs</span></span></span><span class="content"> tree among the trees of the forest</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">is my beloved among the young men.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">I delight to sit in his shade,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">and his fruit is sweet to my taste.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.2.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Let him lead me to the banquet hall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="content">and let his banner over me be love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.2.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Strengthen me with raisins,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">refresh me with apples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">for I am faint with love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.2.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">His left arm is under my head,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="content">and his right arm embraces me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.2.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">by the gazelles and by the does of the field:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.2.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Listen! My beloved!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">Look! Here he comes,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">leaping across the mountains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">bounding over the hills.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">Look! There he stands behind our wall,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">gazing through the windows,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">peering through the lattice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.2.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My beloved spoke and said to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">&#8220;Arise, my darling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">my beautiful one, come with me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.2.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">See! The winter is past;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="content">the rains are over and gone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.2.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Flowers appear on the earth;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">the season of singing has come,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">the cooing of doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">is heard in our land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.2.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The fig tree forms its early fruit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">Arise, come, my darling;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">my beautiful one, come with me.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.2.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">My dove in the clefts of the rock,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">in the hiding places on the mountainside,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">show me your face,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">let me hear your voice;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">for your voice is sweet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">and your face is lovely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.2.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Catch for us the foxes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">the little foxes</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">that ruin the vineyards,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">our vineyards that are in bloom.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.2.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">My beloved is mine and I am his;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="content">he browses among the lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.2.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Until the day breaks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">and the shadows flee,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">turn, my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">and be like a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">or like a young stag</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="SNG.2.17"><span class="content">on the rugged hills.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the hills of Bether</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">All night long on my bed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">I looked for the one my heart loves;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">I looked for him but did not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.3.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I will get up now and go about the city,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">through its streets and squares;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">I will search for the one my heart loves.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">So I looked for him but did not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">The watchmen found me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">as they made their rounds in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">&#8220;Have you seen the one my heart loves?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Scarcely had I passed them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">when I found the one my heart loves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">I held him and would not let him go</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">till I had brought him to my mother&#8217;s house,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">to the room of the one who conceived me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.3.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">by the gazelles and by the does of the field:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.3.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Who is this coming up from the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">like a column of smoke,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">perfumed with myrrh and incense</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">made from all the spices of the merchant?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Look! It is Solomon&#8217;s carriage,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">escorted by sixty warriors,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">the noblest of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.3.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">all of them wearing the sword,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">all experienced in battle,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">each with his sword at his side,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">prepared for the terrors of the night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.3.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">King Solomon made for himself the carriage;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="content">he made it of wood from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Its posts he made of silver,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">its base of gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">Its seat was upholstered with purple,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">its interior inlaid with love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.3.10"><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">come out,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">and look, you daughters of Zion.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">Look</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:10,11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">interior lovingly inlaid / by the daughters of Jerusalem. / </span><span class="fv">11 </span><span class="fqa">Come out, you daughters of Zion, / and look</span></span></span><span class="content"> on King Solomon wearing a crown,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">the crown with which his mother crowned him</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">on the day of his wedding,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.3.11"><span class="content">the day his heart rejoiced.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are, my darling!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Oh, how beautiful!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Your eyes behind your veil are doves.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">Your hair is like a flock of goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">descending from the hills of Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your teeth are like a flock of sheep just shorn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">coming up from the washing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">Each has its twin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">not one of them is alone.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">your mouth is lovely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">Your temples behind your veil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">are like the halves of a pomegranate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your neck is like the tower of David,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">built with courses of stone</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">on it hang a thousand shields,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">all of them shields of warriors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your breasts are like two fawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">like twin fawns of a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">that browse among the lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Until the day breaks</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">and the shadows flee,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">I will go to the mountain of myrrh</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">and to the hill of incense.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are altogether beautiful, my darling;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="content">there is no flaw in you.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">come with me from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">Descend from the crest of Amana,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">from the top of Senir, the summit of Hermon,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">from the lions&#8217; dens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">and the mountain haunts of leopards.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">you have stolen my heart</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">with one glance of your eyes,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">with one jewel of your necklace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">How delightful is your love, my sister, my bride!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">How much more pleasing is your love than wine,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">and the fragrance of your perfume</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">more than any spice!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">milk and honey are under your tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">The fragrance of your garments</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">is like the fragrance of Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">You are a garden locked up, my sister, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="content">you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">with choice fruits,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">with henna and nard,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">nard and saffron,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">calamus and cinnamon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">with every kind of incense tree,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">with myrrh and aloes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">and all the finest spices.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You are</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">I am </span><span class="ft">(spoken by </span><span class="fqa">She</span><span class="ft">)</span></span></span><span class="content"> a garden fountain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">a well of flowing water</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">streaming down from Lebanon.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Awake, north wind,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">and come, south wind!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">Blow on my garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">that its fragrance may spread everywhere.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">Let my beloved come into his garden</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.4.16"><span class="content">and taste its choice fruits.</span></span></div>
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