Through My Bible – November 25

Song of Songs 5:2 – 6:3 (EHV)
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² I was sleeping but my heart was awake.
A sound! My lover is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister,
my darling, my dove, my perfect one,
because my head is soaked with dew,
my locks with the dampness of the night.”

³ “I have taken off my robe.
Why should I get dressed again?
I have washed my feet.
Why should I get them dirty again?”

⁴ My lover thrust his hand
through the opening in the door.
My feelings were aroused for him.
⁵ I arose to open for my lover.
My hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.
⁶ I opened for my lover,
but my lover had left.
He was gone.
My spirits sank when he left. ^[1]
I looked for him but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not answer.

⁷ The watchmen who patrol the city found me.
They beat me. They bruised me.
They took my shawl away from me,
those watchmen of the walls!

⁸ Daughters of Jerusalem, you must swear to me—
if you find my lover—
what will you tell him?
—that I am sick with love.

⁹ What makes your lover better than any other lover,
most beautiful of women?
What makes your lover better than any other lover,
that you make us swear in this way?

¹⁰ My lover is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.
¹¹ His head is the best gold, the purest gold.
His locks are wavy, black as a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves by streams of water.
They are washed in milk.
They are set in sockets.
¹³ His cheeks are like a bed of spice,
like towers of perfumes.
His lips are lilies, dripping with liquid myrrh.
¹⁴ His arms are rods of gold, set with topaz. ^[2]
His stomach is like polished ivory,
decorated with sapphires. ^[3]
15 His thighs are pillars of marble, ^[4]
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as cedars.
¹⁶ His mouth is so sweet.
He is completely desirable.
This is my lover.
This is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Songs 6

¹ Where has your lover gone,
most beautiful of women?
Where did your lover turn?
We will look for him with you.

² My lover has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens,
and to gather lilies.

³ I am my lover’s, and my lover is mine.
He browses among the lilies.

Footnotes

1. Song of Songs 5:6 Or when he spoke
2. Song of Songs 5:14 The identification of this gem is uncertain.
3. Song of Songs 5:14 Perhaps lapis lazuli
4. Song of Songs 5:15 Or alabaster