Song of Solomon 3
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- 1At night on my bed, I sought the one my soul loves; I searched for him, but I did not find him.
- 2I will rise now and go through the city in the streets and the broad ways, seeking the one my soul loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.
- 3The watchmen making their rounds through the city found me. "Have you seen the one my soul loves?" I asked them.
- 4I had barely passed them when I found the one my soul loves. I held onto him and wouldn't let go until I had brought him to my mother's house — into the room of the woman who gave me life.
- 5I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and the hinds of the field, do not stir up or awaken my love until he pleases.
- 6Who is this coming up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all the powders of the merchant?
- 7Look, it is Solomon's bed, surrounded by sixty valiant men, the warriors of Israel.
- 8Each one carries a sword and is skilled in battle. Every man has his sword on his thigh because of fear in the night.
- 9King Solomon built himself a carriage from the wood of Lebanon.
- 10He crafted its pillars from silver, its base from gold, its covering from purple, and its interior was paved with love, for the daughters of Jerusalem.
- 11Come out, daughters of Zion, and see King Solomon with the crown his mother placed on him on his wedding day, the day his heart was filled with joy.