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Book 22 Song of Solomon
22:001:001 The song of songs,
which is Solomon's.
22:001:002 Let him kiss me with
the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is
better than wine.
22:001:003 Because of the savour
of thy good ointments thy name is as
ointment poured forth,
therefore do the virgins love thee.
22:001:004 Draw me, we will run
after thee: the king hath brought me into
his chambers: we will
be glad and rejoice in thee, we will
remember thy love more
than wine: the upright love thee.
22:001:005 I am black, but comely,
O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the
tents of Kedar, as the
curtains of Solomon.
22:001:006 Look not upon me,
because I am black, because the sun hath
looked upon me: my
mother's children were angry with me; they
made me the keeper of
the vineyards; but mine own vineyard
have I not kept.
22:001:007 Tell me, O thou whom my
soul loveth, where thou feedest, where
thou makest thy flock
to rest at noon: for why should I be as
one that turneth aside
by the flocks of thy companions?
22:001:008 If thou know not, O
thou fairest among women, go thy way forth
by the footsteps of the
flock, and feed thy kids beside the
shepherds' tents.
22:001:009 I have compared thee, O
my love, to a company of horses in
Pharaoh's chariots.
22:001:010 Thy cheeks are comely
with rows of jewels, thy neck with
chains of gold.
22:001:011 We will make thee
borders of gold with studs of silver.
22:001:012 While the king sitteth
at his table, my spikenard sendeth
forth the smell
thereof.
22:001:013 A bundle of myrrh is my
well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all
night betwixt my
breasts.
22:001:014 My beloved is unto me
as a cluster of camphire in the
vineyards of Engedi.
22:001:015 Behold, thou art fair,
my love; behold, thou art fair; thou
hast doves' eyes.
22:001:016 Behold, thou art fair,
my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed
is green.
22:001:017 The beams of our house
are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
22:002:001 I am the rose of
Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
22:002:002 As the lily among
thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
22:002:003 As the apple tree among
the trees of the wood, so is my
beloved among the sons.
I sat down under his shadow with great
delight, and his fruit
was sweet to my taste.
22:002:004 He brought me to the
banqueting house, and his banner over me
was love.
22:002:005 Stay me with flagons,
comfort me with apples: for I am sick of
love.
22:002:006 His left hand is under
my head, and his right hand doth
embrace me.
22:002:007 I charge you, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
the hinds of the field,
that ye stir not up, nor awake my
love, till he please.
22:002:008 The voice of my
beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the
mountains, skipping
upon the hills.
22:002:009 My beloved is like a
roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth
behind our wall, he
looketh forth at the windows, shewing
himself through the
lattice.
22:002:010 My beloved spake, and
said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair
one, and come away.
22:002:011 For, lo, the winter is
past, the rain is over and gone;
22:002:012 The flowers appear on
the earth; the time of the singing of
birds is come, and the
voice of the turtle is heard in our
land;
22:002:013 The fig tree putteth
forth her green figs, and the vines with
the tender grape give a
good smell. Arise, my love, my fair
one, and come away.
22:002:014 O my dove, that art in
the clefts of the rock, in the secret
places of the stairs,
let me see thy countenance, let me hear
thy voice; for sweet is
thy voice, and thy countenance is
comely.
22:002:015 Take us the foxes, the
little foxes, that spoil the vines: for
our vines have tender
grapes.
22:002:016 My beloved is mine, and
I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
22:002:017 Until the day break,
and the shadows flee away, turn, my
beloved, and be thou
like a roe or a young hart upon the
mountains of Bether.
22:003:001 By night on my bed I
sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought
him, but I found him
not.
22:003:002 I will rise now, and go
about the city in the streets, and in
the broad ways I will
seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought
him, but I found him
not.
22:003:003 The watchmen that go
about the city found me: to whom I said,
Saw ye him whom my soul
loveth?
22:003:004 It was but a little
that I passed from them, but I found him
whom my soul loveth: I
held him, and would not let him go,
until I had brought him
into my mother's house, and into the
chamber of her that
conceived me.
22:003:005 I charge you, O ye
daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by
the hinds of the field,
that ye stir not up, nor awake my
love, till he please.
22:003:006 Who is this that cometh
out of the wilderness like pillars of
smoke, perfumed with
myrrh and frankincense, with all powders
of the merchant?
22:003:007 Behold his bed, which
is Solomon's; threescore valiant men are
about it, of the
valiant of Israel.
22:003:008 They all hold swords,
being expert in war: every man hath his
sword upon his thigh
because of fear in the night.
22:003:009 King Solomon made
himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon.
22:003:010 He made the pillars
thereof of silver, the bottom thereof of
gold, the covering of
it of purple, the midst thereof being
paved with love, for
the daughters of Jerusalem.
22:003:011 Go forth, O ye
daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with
the crown wherewith his
mother crowned him in the day of his
espousals, and in the
day of the gladness of his heart.
22:004:001 Behold, thou art fair,
my love; behold, thou art fair; thou
hast doves' eyes within
thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of
goats, that appear from
mount Gilead.
22:004:002 Thy teeth are like a
flock of sheep that are even shorn, which
came up from the
washing; whereof every one bear twins, and
none is barren among
them.
22:004:003 Thy lips are like a
thread of scarlet, and thy speech is
comely: thy temples are
like a piece of a pomegranate within
thy locks.
22:004:004 Thy neck is like the
tower of David builded for an armoury,
whereon there hang a
thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty
men.
22:004:005 Thy two breasts are
like two young roes that are twins, which
feed among the lilies.
22:004:006 Until the day break,
and the shadows flee away, I will get me
to the mountain of
myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
22:004:007 Thou art all fair, my
love; there is no spot in thee.
22:004:008 Come with me from
Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon:
look from the top of
Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon,
from the lions' dens,
from the mountains of the leopards.
22:004:009 Thou hast ravished my
heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast
ravished my heart with
one of thine eyes, with one chain of
thy neck.
22:004:010 How fair is thy love,
my sister, my spouse! how much better is
thy love than wine! and
the smell of thine ointments than all
spices!
22:004:011 Thy lips, O my spouse,
drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk
are under thy tongue;
and the smell of thy garments is like
the smell of Lebanon.
22:004:012 A garden inclosed is my
sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a
fountain sealed.
22:004:013 Thy plants are an
orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant
fruits; camphire, with
spikenard,
22:004:014 Spikenard and saffron;
calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of
frankincense; myrrh and
aloes, with all the chief spices:
22:004:015 A fountain of gardens,
a well of living waters, and streams
from Lebanon.
22:004:016 Awake, O north wind;
and come, thou south; blow upon my
garden, that the spices
thereof may flow out. Let my beloved
come into his garden,
and eat his pleasant fruits.
22:005:001 I am come into my
garden, my sister, my spouse: I have
gathered my myrrh with
my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb
with my honey; I have
drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O
friends; drink, yea,
drink abundantly, O beloved.
22:005:002 I sleep, but my heart
waketh: it is the voice of my beloved
that knocketh, saying,
Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my undefiled: for
my head is filled with dew, and my
locks with the drops of
the night.
22:005:003 I have put off my coat;
how shall I put it on? I have washed
my feet; how shall I
defile them?
22:005:004 My beloved put in his
hand by the hole of the door, and my
bowels were moved for
him.
22:005:005 I rose up to open to my
beloved; and my hands dropped with
myrrh, and my fingers
with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the
handles of the lock.
22:005:006 I opened to my beloved;
but my beloved had withdrawn himself,
and was gone: my soul
failed when he spake: I sought him, but
I could not find him; I
called him, but he gave me no answer.
22:005:007 The watchmen that went
about the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the
keepers of the walls took away my veil
from me.
22:005:008 I charge you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,
that ye tell him, that
I am sick of love.
22:005:009 What is thy beloved
more than another beloved, O thou fairest
among women? what is
thy beloved more than another beloved,
that thou dost so
charge us?
22:005:010 My beloved is white and
ruddy, the chiefest among ten
thousand.
22:005:011 His head is as the most
fine gold, his locks are bushy, and
black as a raven.
22:005:012 His eyes are as the
eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,
washed with milk, and
fitly set.
22:005:013 His cheeks are as a bed
of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips
like lilies, dropping
sweet smelling myrrh.
22:005:014 His hands are as gold
rings set with the beryl: his belly is
as bright ivory
overlaid with sapphires.
22:005:015 His legs are as pillars
of marble, set upon sockets of fine
gold: his countenance
is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
22:005:016 His mouth is most
sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is
my beloved, and this is
my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.
22:006:001 Whither is thy beloved
gone, O thou fairest among women?
whither is thy beloved
turned aside? that we may seek him with
thee.
22:006:002 My beloved is gone down
into his garden, to the beds of
spices, to feed in the
gardens, and to gather lilies.
22:006:003 I am my beloved's, and
my beloved is mine: he feedeth among
the lilies.
22:006:004 Thou art beautiful, O
my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem,
terrible as an army
with banners.
22:006:005 Turn away thine eyes
from me, for they have overcome me: thy
hair is as a flock of
goats that appear from Gilead.
22:006:006 Thy teeth are as a
flock of sheep which go up from the
washing, whereof every
one beareth twins, and there is not one
barren among them.
22:006:007 As a piece of a
pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
22:006:008 There are threescore
queens, and fourscore concubines, and
virgins without number.
22:006:009 My dove, my undefiled
is but one; she is the only one of her
mother, she is the
choice one of her that bare her. The
daughters saw her, and
blessed her; yea, the queens and the
concubines, and they
praised her.
22:006:010 Who is she that looketh
forth as the morning, fair as the
moon, clear as the sun,
and terrible as an army with banners?
22:006:011 I went down into the
garden of nuts to see the fruits of the
valley, and to see
whether the vine flourished and the
pomegranates budded.
22:006:012 Or ever I was aware, my
soul made me like the chariots of
Amminadib.
22:006:013 Return, return, O
Shulamite; return, return, that we may look
upon thee. What will ye
see in the Shulamite? As it were the
company of two armies.
22:007:001 How beautiful are thy
feet with shoes, O prince's daughter!
the joints of thy
thighs are like jewels, the work of the
hands of a cunning
workman.
22:007:002 Thy navel is like a
round goblet, which wanteth not liquor:
thy belly is like an
heap of wheat set about with lilies.
22:007:003 Thy two breasts are
like two young roes that are twins.
22:007:004 Thy neck is as a tower
of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools
in Heshbon, by the gate
of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the
tower of Lebanon which
looketh toward Damascus.
22:007:005 Thine head upon thee is
like Carmel, and the hair of thine
head like purple; the
king is held in the galleries.
22:007:006 How fair and how
pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
22:007:007 This thy stature is
like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to
clusters of grapes.
22:007:008 I said, I will go up to
the palm tree, I will take hold of the
boughs thereof: now
also thy breasts shall be as clusters of
the vine, and the smell
of thy nose like apples;
22:007:009 And the roof of thy
mouth like the best wine for my beloved,
that goeth down
sweetly, causing the lips of those that are
asleep to speak.
22:007:010 I am my beloved's, and
his desire is toward me.
22:007:011 Come, my beloved, let
us go forth into the field; let us lodge
in the villages.
22:007:012 Let us get up early to
the vineyards; let us see if the vine
flourish, whether the
tender grape appear, and the
pomegranates bud forth:
there will I give thee my loves.
22:007:013 The mandrakes give a
smell, and at our gates are all manner of
pleasant fruits, new
and old, which I have laid up for thee, O
my beloved.
22:008:001 O that thou wert as my
brother, that sucked the breasts of my
mother! when I should
find thee without, I would kiss thee;
yea, I should not be
despised.
22:008:002 I would lead thee, and
bring thee into my mother's house, who
would instruct me: I
would cause thee to drink of spiced wine
of the juice of my
pomegranate.
22:008:003 His left hand should be
under my head, and his right hand
should embrace me.
22:008:004 I charge you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir not up,
nor awake my love,
until he please.
22:008:005 Who is this that cometh
up from the wilderness, leaning upon
her beloved? I raised
thee up under the apple tree: there thy
mother brought thee
forth: there she brought thee forth that
bare thee.
22:008:006 Set me as a seal upon
thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm:
for love is strong as
death; jealousy is cruel as the grave:
the coals thereof are
coals of fire, which hath a most
vehement flame.
22:008:007 Many waters cannot
quench love, neither can the floods drown
it: if a man would give
all the substance of his house for
love, it would utterly
be contemned.
22:008:008 We have a little
sister, and she hath no breasts: what shall
we do for our sister in
the day when she shall be spoken for?
22:008:009 If she be a wall, we
will build upon her a palace of silver:
and if she be a door,
we will inclose her with boards of
cedar.
22:008:010 I am a wall, and my
breasts like towers: then was I in his
eyes as one that found
favour.
22:008:011 Solomon had a vineyard
at Baalhamon; he let out the vineyard
unto keepers; every one
for the fruit thereof was to bring a
thousand pieces of
silver.
22:008:012 My vineyard, which is
mine, is before me: thou, O Solomon,
must have a thousand,
and those that keep the fruit thereof
two hundred.
22:008:013 Thou that dwellest in
the gardens, the companions hearken to
thy voice: cause me to
hear it.
22:008:014 Make haste, my beloved,
and be thou like to a roe or to a
young hart upon the
mountains of spices.
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