The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters
The 1Song of aSongs, which is Solomon’s.Or Best of the Songs1 Kin 4:32
2 “1May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!For your alove is better than wine.BRIDESong 1:4; 4:103 “Your aoils have a pleasing fragrance,Your bname is like 1purified oil;Therefore the 2cmaidens love you.Lit oil which is emptied (from one vessel to another)Or virginsSong 4:10; John 12:3Eccl 7:1Ps 45:144 “Draw me after you and let us run together!The aking has brought me into his chambers.”“1We will rejoice in you and be glad;We will 2extol your blove more than wine.Rightly do they love you.”CHORUSLit mention with praisePs 45:14, 15Song 1:4; 4:10
5 “1I am black but alovely,O bdaughters of Jerusalem,Like the ctents of dKedar,Like the curtains of Solomon.BRIDESong 2:14; 4:3; 6:4Song 2:7; 3:5, 10; 5:8, 16; 8:4Ps 120:5Is 60:76 “Do not stare at me because I am 1swarthy,For the sun has burned me.My amother’s sons were angry with me;They made me bcaretaker of the vineyards,But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.Or blackPs 69:8Song 8:117 “Tell me, O you awhom my soul loves,Where do you bpasture your flock,Where do you make it clie down at noon?For why should I be like one who 1veils herselfBeside the flocks of your dcompanions?”Some versions read wandersSong 3:1-4Song 2:16; 6:3Is 13:20; Jer 33:12Song 8:13
Solomon, the Lover, Speaks
8 “1If you yourself do not know,aMost beautiful among women,Go forth on the trail of the flockAnd pasture your young goatsBy the tents of the shepherds.BRIDEGROOMSong 5:9; 6:1
9 “1To me, amy darling, you are likeMy bmare among the chariots of Pharaoh.Lit I have compared you toSong 1:15; 2:2, 10, 132 Chr 1:16, 1710 “Your acheeks are lovely with ornaments,Your neck with strings of bbeads.”Song 5:13Gen 24:53; Is 61:10
11 “1We will make for you ornaments of goldWith beads of silver.”CHORUS
12 “1While the king was at his 2table,My 3aperfume gave forth its fragrance.BRIDEOr couchLit nardSong 4:14; Mark 14:3; John 12:313 “My beloved is to me a pouch of amyrrhWhich lies all night between my breasts.Ps 45:8; John 19:3914 “My beloved is to me a cluster of ahenna blossomsIn the vineyards of bEngedi.”Song 4:131 Sam 23:29