Song 3 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ On my bed night after night I sought him Whom my soul loves ; I sought him but did not find him.

Song of Solomon 3

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

1 ^{▼▼ BRIDE}“On my bed night after night I sought him
^bWhom my soul loves;
I ^csought him but did not find him.
2 ‘ ^{▼▼ Or Let me arise}I must arise now and ^{▼▼ Or Let me arise}go about the city;
In the ^fstreets and in the squares
^{▼▼ Or Let me seek}I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
3 ^h“The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
4 ⁱ“Scarcely had I ^{▼▼ Lit passed}left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^kheld on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^lbrought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

5 ^{▼▼ BRIDEGROOM}“I ⁿadjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^ogazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until ^{▼▼ Or it}she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

6 ^{▼▼ CHORUS
,} ^{▼▼ Lit Who
,} ^s“What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like ^tcolumns of smoke,
Perfumed with ^umyrrh and ^vfrankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
7 “Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.
8 “All of them are wielders of the sword,
^wExpert in war;
Each man has his ^xsword at his side,
Guarding against the ^{▼▼ Lit terror in the nights
,} ^zterrors of the night.
9 “King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
10 “He made its posts of silver,
Its ^{▼▼ Or support}back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the ^abdaughters of Jerusalem.
11 “Go forth, O ^acdaughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the ^{▼▼ Or wreath}crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the ^aeday of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”