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The Bride’s Troubled Dream

“On my bed night after night I dreamed that I sought the one^aWhom my soul loves;I ^bsought him but did not find him. Is 26:92 “I said ‘So I must arise now and go out into the city;Into the ^astreets and into the squares places I do not knowI must seek him whom my soul loves.’I sought him but I did not find him.3 “^aThe watchmen who go around the city found me,And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’4 “Scarcely had I ^apassed themWhen I found him whom my soul loves.I ^bheld on to him and would not let him goUntil I had ^cbrought him to my mother’s house,And into the chamber of her who conceived me.” Rom 8:35; 1+@Pet 2:25

(The Bridegroom)

5 “I ^acommand that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem,By the ^bgazelles or by the does of the field,That you do not rouse nor awaken my loveUntil she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

(The Shulammite Bride)

6 “^aWhat is this coming up from the wildernessLike stately ^bpillars of smokePerfumed with ^cmyrrh and ^dfrankincense,With all the fragrant powders of the merchant?”

(The Chorus)

7 “Behold, it is the couch (¹palanquin) of Solomon;Sixty mighty men around it,Of the mighty men of Israel.8 “All of them handle the sword,All ^aexpert in war;Each man has his ^bsword at his thigh,Guarding against the ^cterrors of the night.9 “King Solomon has made for himself a palanquinFrom the cedar wood of Lebanon.10 “He made its posts of silver,Its back of gold,Its seat of purple cloth,The interior lovingly and intricately wroughtBy the ^adaughters of Jerusalem.11 “Go forth, O ^adaughters of Zion,And gaze on King Solomon wearing the crownWith which his mother Bathsheba has crowned himOn the ^bday of his wedding,On the day of his gladness of heart.”

(The Bridegroom)