k[See ver. 1 above]
ah[See ver. 9 above]
an[See ver. 8 above]
ao[See ver. 9 above]
bc[See ver. 8 above]
bg[See ver. 13 above]
ce[See ver. 8 above]
cn[See ver. 5 above]
cv[See ver. 8 above]
cw[See ch. 5:9 above]
dt[See ver. 8 above]
du[See ver. 8 above]

Proverbs 12:26

26One who is righteous is a guide to his neighbor,
Or The righteous chooses his friends carefully

but the way of the wicked leads them astray.

Song of Solomon 4

Solomon Admires His Bride’s Beauty

He

1 Behold, byou are beautiful, my love,
behold, you are beautiful!
cYour eyes are doves
dbehind your veil.
eYour hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down fthe slopes of Gilead.
2Your gteeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
that have come up from the washing,
all of which bear twins,
and not one among them has lost its young.
3Your lips are like ha scarlet thread,
and your mouth is ilovely.
Your jcheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
kbehind your veil.
4Your lneck is like the tower of David,
built in mrows of stone;
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

on it ohang a thousand shields,
all of pthem shields of warriors.
5Your qtwo breasts are like two rfawns,
twins of a gazelle,
that sgraze among the lilies.
6 tUntil the day breathes
and the shadows flee,
I will go away to the mountain of umyrrh
and the hill of vfrankincense.
7 wYou are altogether beautiful, my love;
there is no xflaw in you.
8 yCome with me from zLebanon, my aabride;
come with me from abLebanon.
Depart
Or Look
from the peak of Amana,
from the peak of adSenir and aeHermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.
9 You have captivated my heart, my afsister, my bride;
you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes,
with one agjewel of your necklace.
10How beautiful is your love, my ahsister, my bride!
How much aibetter is your love than wine,
and ajthe fragrance of your oils than any spice!
11Your aklips drip nectar, my bride;
alhoney and milk are under your tongue;
the fragrance of your garments is amlike the fragrance of anLebanon.
12A garden locked is my aosister, my bride,
a spring locked, apa fountain aqsealed.
13Your shoots are aran orchard of pomegranates
with all aschoicest fruits,
athenna with aunard,
14nard and saffron, avcalamus and awcinnamon,
with all trees of axfrankincense,
aymyrrh and azaloes,
with all bachoice spices
15a garden fountain, a well of bbliving water,
and flowing streams from bcLebanon.
16 Awake, O north wind,
and come, O south wind!
Blow upon my bdgarden,
let its spices flow.

Together in the Garden of Love

She

beLet my beloved come to his bfgarden,
and eat its bgchoicest fruits.

Song of Solomon 5

He

1 I bhcame to my garden, my bisister, my bride,
I gathered my bjmyrrh with my spice,
I ate my bkhoneycomb with my honey,
I bldrank my wine with my milk.

Others

Eat, bmfriends, drink,
and be drunk with love!

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

She

2 I slept, but my heart was awake.
A sound! My beloved is bnknocking.
Open to me, my bosister, my bplove,
my bqdove, my brperfect one,
for my head is wet with dew,
my bslocks with the drops of the night.”
3 btI had put off my garment;
how could I put it on?
I had bubathed my feet;
how could I soil them?
4My beloved put his hand to the latch,
and my heart was thrilled within me.
5I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with bvliquid myrrh,
on the handles of the bolt.
6I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned and gone.
My soul failed me when he bwspoke.
bxI sought him, but found him not;
byI called him, but he gave no answer.
7 bzThe watchmen found me
as they went about in the city;
they beat me, they bruised me,
they took away my veil,
those watchmen of the walls.
8I caadjure you, O cbdaughters of Jerusalem,
if you find my beloved,
that you tell him
ccI am sick with love.

Others

9 What is your beloved more than another beloved,
O cdmost beautiful among women?
What is your beloved more than another beloved,
that you thus ceadjure us?

The Bride Praises Her Beloved

She

10 My beloved is radiant and cfruddy,
cgdistinguished among ten thousand.
11His head is the finest gold;
chhis locks are wavy,
black as a raven.
12His cieyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
bathed in milk,
sitting beside a full pool.
The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

13His ckcheeks are like clbeds of spices,
mounds of sweet-smelling herbs.
His lips are cmlilies,
dripping cnliquid myrrh.
14His arms are rods of gold,
set with cojewels.
His body is polished ivory,
The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

bedecked with cqsapphires.
Hebrew lapis lazuli

15His legs are alabaster columns,
set on bases of gold.
His appearance is like csLebanon,
choice as the cedars.
16His ctmouth
Hebrew palate
is most sweet,
and he is altogether desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
O cvdaughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 6

Others

1 Where has your beloved gone,
O cwmost beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
that we may seek him with you?

Together in the Garden of Love

She

2 My beloved has gone down to his cxgarden
to cythe beds of spices,
to czgraze
Or  to pasture his flock; also verse 3
in the gardens
and to gather dblilies.
3 dcI am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;
he grazes among the lilies.

Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other

He

4 You are beautiful as ddTirzah, demy love,
dflovely as dgJerusalem,
dhawesome as an army with banners.
5Turn away your eyes from me,
for they overwhelm me—
diYour hair is like a flock of goats
leaping down the slopes of Gilead.
6 djYour teeth are like a flock of ewes
that have come up from the washing;
all of them bear twins;
not one among them has lost its young.
7 dkYour cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.
8There are dlsixty dmqueens and eighty dnconcubines,
and dovirgins without number.
9My dpdove, my dqperfect one, is the only one,
the only one of her mother,
pure to drher who bore her.
dsThe young women saw her and called her blessed;
dtthe queens and duconcubines also, and they praised her.
10 dvWho is this who looks down like the dawn,
beautiful as the moon, bright as the sun,
dwawesome as an army with banners?”

She

11 I went down to the nut orchard
to look at dxthe blossoms of the valley,
dyto see whether the vines had budded,
whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
12 dzBefore I was aware, my desire set me
among eathe chariots of my kinsman, a prince.
Or  chariots of Ammi-Nadib

Others

13
Ch 7:1 in Hebrew
Return, return, O edShulammite,
return, return, that we may look upon you.

He

Why should you look upon eethe Shulammite,
as upon efa dance before egtwo armies?
Or  dance of Mahanaim

Song of Solomon 7

1How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
O einoble daughter!
Your rounded thighs are like ejjewels,
the work of eka master hand.
2Your navel is a rounded bowl
that never lacks mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
encircled with ellilies.
3 emYour two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle.
4Your enneck is like an ivory tower.
Your eoeyes are pools in epHeshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like a tower of eqLebanon,
which looks toward erDamascus.
5Your head crowns you like esCarmel,
and your etflowing locks are like purple;
a king is held captive in the tresses.
6 euHow beautiful and evpleasant you are,
O loved one, with all your delights!
Or among delights

7Your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts are like its clusters.
8I say I will climb the palm tree
and lay hold of its fruit.
Oh may your breasts be like exclusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9and your eymouth
Hebrew palate
like the best wine.

She

It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding over lips and teeth.
Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew causing the lips of sleepers to speak

10 fbI am my beloved’s,
fcand his desire is for me.

The Bride Gives Her Love

11 fdCome, my beloved,
let us go out into the fields
and lodge in the villages;
Or among the henna plants

12let us go out early to the vineyards
ffand see whether the vines have budded,
whether fgthe grape blossoms have opened
and the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13 fhThe mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and beside our doors are all choice fruits,
finew as well as old,
which I have laid up for you, O my beloved.

Malachi 3:17

17“They shall be mine, says the Lord of hosts, fjin the day when I make up fkmy treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him.
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