BEMA Liturgy I — Part D

21 Days of Fasting and Prayer - Heaven Come Down

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Loving Well in Community

The Otherness of God

Self-Care

The Way to True Happiness

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Stop Hustling, Start Earning: What Your Rest Reveals About Your Relationship With God's Provision

Dare to Dream

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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I went down to the grove of nut trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">to look at the new growth in the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">to see if the vines had budded</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">or the pomegranates were in bloom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Before I realized it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"><span class="content">my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">among the chariots of Amminadab</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">among the chariots of the people of the prince</span></span></span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Come back, come back, O Shulammite;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="content">come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How beautiful your sandaled feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">O prince&#8217;s daughter!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">Your graceful legs are like jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">the work of an artist&#8217;s hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your navel is a rounded goblet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">that never lacks blended wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">Your waist is a mound of wheat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">encircled by lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your breasts are like two fawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"><span class="content">like twin fawns of a gazelle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your neck is like an ivory tower.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">by the gate of Bath Rabbim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">looking toward Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="content">Your hair is like royal tapestry;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="content">the king is held captive by its tresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are and how pleasing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"><span class="content">my love, with your delights!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your stature is like that of the palm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"><span class="content">and your breasts like clusters of fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will climb the palm tree;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">I will take hold of its fruit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">the fragrance of your breath like apples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and your mouth like the best wine.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="content">May the wine go straight to my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="content">flowing gently over lips and teeth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:9 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">lips of sleepers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I belong to my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"><span class="content">and his desire is for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"><span class="content">let us spend the night in the villages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the henna bushes</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let us go early to the vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">to see if the vines have budded,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">if their blossoms have opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">and if the pomegranates are in bloom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">there I will give you my love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The mandrakes send out their fragrance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">and at our door is every delicacy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">both new and old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">that I have stored up for you, my beloved.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If only you were to me like a brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">who was nursed at my mother&#8217;s breasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">Then, if I found you outside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">I would kiss you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">and no one would despise me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I would lead you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">and bring you to my mother&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">she who has taught me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">I would give you spiced wine to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">the nectar of my pomegranates.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His left arm is under my head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="content">and his right arm embraces me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is this coming up from the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">leaning on her beloved?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">Under the apple tree I roused you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there your mother conceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there she who was in labor gave you birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Place me like a seal over your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a seal on your arm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">for love is as strong as death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">its jealousy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ardor</span></span></span><span class="content"> unyielding as the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">It burns like blazing fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a mighty flame.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fire, / like the very flame of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Many waters cannot quench love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">rivers cannot sweep it away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">If one were to give</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">all the wealth of one&#8217;s house for love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be utterly scorned.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We have a little sister,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">and her breasts are not yet grown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">What shall we do for our sister</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">on the day she is spoken for?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If she is a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will build towers of silver on her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">If she is a door,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will enclose her with panels of cedar.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">and my breasts are like towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">Thus I have become in his eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">like one bringing contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">he let out his vineyard to tenants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">Each was to bring for its fruit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">a thousand shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But my own vineyard is mine to give;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">and two hundred</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> are for those who tend its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who dwell in the gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">with friends in attendance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">let me hear your voice!</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Come away, my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">and be like a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">or like a young stag</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">on the spice-laden mountains.</span></span></div>
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