Song 4 | NASB1995 | STEP | “ How beautiful you are, my darling , How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your veil ; Your hair is like a flock of goats That have descended from Mount Gilead .

Song of Solomon 4

Solomon’s Love Expressed

1 ^{▼▼ BRIDEGROOM
,} ^{▼▼ Lit Behold}“How beautiful ^cyou are, my darling,
^{▼▼ Lit Behold}How beautiful you are!
Your ^eeyes are like doves ^fbehind your veil;
Your ^ghair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Mount ^hGilead.
2 “Your ⁱteeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has ^{▼▼ Or miscarried}lost her young.
3 “Your lips are like a ^kscarlet thread,
And your ^lmouth is lovely.
Your ^mtemples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
4 “Your ⁿneck is like the tower of David,
Built ^{▼▼ Or for an arsenal}with rows of stones
On which are ^phung a thousand shields,
All the round ^qshields of the mighty men.
5 “Your ^rtwo breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle
Which ^sfeed among the lilies.
6 ^t“Until ^{▼▼ Lit the day blows}the cool of the day
When the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of ^vmyrrh
And to the hill of ^wfrankincense.

7 ^x“You are altogether beautiful, my darling,
And there is no blemish in you.
8 “Come with me from ^yLebanon, my ^zbride,
May you come with me from Lebanon.
^{▼▼ Or Look}Journey down from the summit of ^abAmana,
From the summit of ^acSenir and Hermon,
From the dens of lions,
From the mountains of leopards.
9 “You have made my heart beat faster, ^admy sister, my bride;
You have made my heart beat faster with a single glance of your eyes,
With a single strand of your ^aenecklace.
10 ^af“How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride!
How much ^agbetter is your love than wine,
And the ^ahfragrance of your oils
Than all kinds of ^{▼▼ Or balsam odors}spices!
11 “Your lips, my bride, ^ajdrip ^akhoney;
Honey and milk are under your tongue,
And the fragrance of your garments is like the ^alfragrance of Lebanon.
12 “A garden locked is my sister, my bride,
A ^{▼▼ Lit stone heap}rock garden locked, a ^anspring ^aosealed up.
13 “Your shoots are an ^{▼▼ Or park or paradise
,} ^aqorchard of ^arpomegranates
With ^aschoice fruits, ^athenna with nard plants,
14 ^auNard and saffron, calamus and ^avcinnamon,
With all the trees of ^awfrankincense,
^axMyrrh and aloes, along with all the finest ^{▼▼ Or balsam odors}spices.
15 “You are a garden spring,
A well of ^{▼▼ Lit living
,} ^bafresh water,
And streams flowing from Lebanon.”

16 ^{▼▼ BRIDE}“Awake, O north wind,
And come, wind of the south;
Make my ^bcgarden breathe out fragrance,
Let its ^{▼▼ Or balsam odors}spices ^{▼▼ Lit flow forth}be wafted abroad.
May ^bfmy beloved come into his garden
And eat its ^bgchoice fruits!”