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Song of Songs 5 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

Sng 5:1

[fn]I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;

I have picked my myrrh along with my balsam.

I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

I have drunk my wine with my milk.

Eat, friends;

Drink and [fn]imbibe deeply, O lovers.”

Sng 5:2

[fn]I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

A voice! My beloved was knocking:

‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,

My dove, my perfect one!

For my head is full of dew,

My locks with the [fn]damp of the night.’

Sng 5:3

“I have taken off my long-sleeved garment,

How can I put it on again?

I have washed my feet,

How can I dirty them again?

Sng 5:4

“My beloved sent forth his hand through the opening,

And my [fn]feelings moaned for him.

Sng 5:5

“I arose to open to my beloved;

And my hands dripped with myrrh,

And my fingers with [fn]liquid myrrh,

On the handles of the lock.

Sng 5:6

“I opened to my beloved,

But my beloved had turned away and passed by!

My soul went out to him as he spoke.

I searched for him, but I did not find him;

I called him, but he did not answer me.

Sng 5:7

“The watchmen who go about in the city found me,

They struck me and wounded me;

The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.

Sng 5:8

“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

What will you tell him?

Tell him that I am sick with love.”

Sng 5:9

[fn]What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,

O most beautiful among women?

What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,

That thus you call us to solemnly swear?”

The Bride Extols Her Beloved

Sng 5:10

[fn]My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,

Lifted up as a banner among ten thousand.

Sng 5:11

“His head is like gold, fine gold;

His locks are like clusters of dates

And black as a raven.

Sng 5:12

“His eyes are like doves

Beside streams of water,

Washed in milk,

And sitting in their setting.

Sng 5:13

“His cheeks are like a bed of spices,

Towers of sweet-scented herbs;

His lips are lilies

Dripping with liquid myrrh.

Sng 5:14

“His hands are rods of gold

Set with beryl;

His abdomen is a plate of ivory

Inlaid with [fn]sapphires.

Sng 5:15

“His legs are pillars of marble

Set on bases of fine gold;

His appearance is like Lebanon

Choice as the cedars.

Sng 5:16

“His [fn]mouth is full of sweetness.

And he is wholly desirable.

This is my beloved and this is my friend,

O daughters of Jerusalem.”

LSB Footnotes
BRIDEGROOM
Or become drunk
BRIDE
Lit drops
Lit bowels
Lit passing
CHORUS
BRIDE
Lit lapis lazuli
Lit palate
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