The Bride Searches for Her Beloved
“1I have acome into my garden, bmy sister, my bride;I have picked my cmyrrh along with my balsam.I have eaten my honeycomb with my dhoney;I have edrunk my wine with my milk.Eat, ffriends;Drink and 2imbibe deeply, O lovers.”BRIDEGROOMOr become drunkSong 6:2Song 4:9Song 1:13; 4:14Song 4:11Prov 9:5; Is 55:1Judg 14:11, 20; John 3:29
2 “1I was asleep, but my heart was awake.A voice! My beloved was knocking:‘Open to me, amy sister, my darling,bMy dove, my perfect one!For my head is full of dew,My clocks with the 2damp of the night.’BRIDELit dropsSong 4:9Song 2:14; 6:9Song 5:113 “I have ataken off my long-sleeved garment,How can I put it on again?I have bwashed my feet,How can I dirty them again?Luke 11:7Gen 19:24 “My beloved sent forth his hand through the opening,And my 1afeelings moaned for him.Lit bowelsJer 31:205 “I arose to open to my beloved;And my hands adripped with myrrh,And my fingers with 1liquid myrrh,On the handles of the lock.Lit passingSong 5:136 “I opened to my beloved,But my beloved had aturned away and passed by!My soul went out to him as he bspoke.I csearched for him, but I did not find him;I dcalled him, but he did not answer me.Song 6:1Song 5:2Song 3:1Prov 1:287 “The awatchmen who go about in the city found me,They struck me and wounded me;The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.Song 3:38 “I acall you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,If you find my beloved,What will you tell him?Tell him that bI am sick with love.”Song 2:7; 3:5Song 2:5
The Bride Extols Her Beloved
10 “1My beloved is dazzling and aruddy,bLifted up as a banner among ten thousand.BRIDE1 Sam 16:12Ps 45:211 “His head is like gold, fine gold;His alocks are like clusters of datesAnd black as a raven.Song 5:212 “His aeyes are like dovesBeside streams of water,Washed in milk,And sitting in their bsetting.Song 1:15; 4:1Ex 25:713 “His cheeks are like a abed of spices,Towers of sweet-scented herbs;His lips are bliliescDripping with liquid myrrh.Song 6:2Song 2:1Song 5:514 “His hands are rods of goldSet with aberyl;His abdomen is a plate of ivoryInlaid with 1bsapphires.Lit lapis lazuliEx 28:20; 39:13; Ezek 1:16; Dan 10:6Ex 24:10; 28:18; Job 28:16; Is 54:1115 “His legs are pillars of marbleSet on bases of fine gold;His appearance is like aLebanonChoice as the bcedars.Song 7:41 Kin 4:33; Ps 80:10; Ezek 17:23; 31:816 “His 1amouth is full of sweetness.And he is wholly bdesirable.This is my beloved and this is my friend,O daughters of Jerusalem.”Lit palateSong 7:92 Sam 1:23