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		Song 2:1 "I am the rose [of the plain] of Sharon, The lily of the valleys [that grows in deep places]."
		Song 2:2 ¶ "Like the lily among the thorns, So are you, my darling, among the maidens."
		Song 2:3 ¶ "Like an apple tree [rare and welcome] among the trees of the forest, So is my beloved among the young men! In his shade I took great delight and sat down, And his fruit was sweet and delicious to my palate.
		Song 2:4 "He has brought me to his banqueting place, And his banner over me is love [waving overhead to protect and comfort me].
		Song 2:5 "Sustain me with raisin cakes, Refresh me with apples, Because I am sick with love.
		Song 2:6 "Let his left hand be under my head And his right hand embrace me." [Deut 33:27; Matt 28:20]
		Song 2:7 ¶ "I command that you take an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field [which run free], That you do not rouse nor awaken my love Until she pleases."
		Song 2:8 ¶ "Listen! My beloved! Behold, he comes, Climbing on the mountains, Leaping and running on the hills! [John 10:27]
		Song 2:9 "My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Behold, he is standing behind our wall, He is looking through the windows, He is gazing through the lattice.
		Song 2:10 ¶ "My beloved speaks and says to me, 'Arise, my love, my fair one, And come away.
		Song 2:11 'For behold, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone.
		Song 2:12 'The flowers appear on the earth once again; The time for singing has come, And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
		Song 2:13 'The fig tree has budded and ripens her figs, And the vines are in blossom and give forth their fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, And come away [to climb the rocky steps of the hillside].'"
		Song 2:14 ¶ "O my dove, [here] in the clefts in the rock, In the sheltered and secret place of the steep pathway, Let me see your face, Let me hear your voice; For your voice is sweet, And your face is lovely."
		Song 2:15 ¶ "Catch the foxes for us, The little foxes that spoil and ruin the vineyards [of love], While our vineyards are in blossom."
		Song 2:16 ¶ "My beloved is mine and I am his; He pastures his flock among the lilies. [Matt 10:32; Acts 4:12]
		Song 2:17 "Until the cool of the day when the shadows flee away, Return quickly, my beloved, and be like a gazelle Or a young stag on the mountains of Bether [which separate us]."

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