(KJV) Song of Solomon 1¹

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⥃The Bride Confesses Her Love ^{[ Ephesians 5:22–33 † 1 Peter 3:1–7 ]}

[1] The song² of songs, which [is] Solomon’s³.

⥃The Bride

[2] Let him⁴ kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love⁵ [is] better than wine. [3] Because of the savour⁶ of thy good ointments thy name⁷ [is as] ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins⁸ love thee. [4] Draw⁹ me, we will¹⁰ run after thee: the king¹¹ hath brought me into his chambers: we will be¹² glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember¹³ thy love more than wine: the upright love thee¹⁴.

⥃The Bride

[5] I [am] black¹⁵, but comely¹⁶, O ye¹⁷ daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents¹⁸ of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. [6] Look¹⁹ not upon me, because²⁰ I [am] black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother’s²¹ children were angry with me; they made me the keeper²² of the vineyards; [but] mine own vineyard have I not kept. [7] Tell me, O thou²³ whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest²⁴, where thou makest [thy flock] to rest at noon: for²⁵ why should I be as one that turneth aside²⁶ by the flocks of thy companions?

⥃The Friends

[8] [¶]If thou know not, O thou²⁷ fairest among women, go²⁸ thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed²⁹ thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

⥃The Bridegroom

[9] I have compared thee, O my³⁰ love, to a³¹ company of horses in Pharaoh’s chariots. [10] Thy cheeks³² are comely with rows [of jewels], thy neck³³ with chains [of gold].

⥃The Friends

[11] We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.³⁴

⥃The Bride

[12] While the king³⁵ [sitteth³⁶] at his table, my³⁷ spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. [13] A bundle³⁸ of myrrh [is] my wellbeloved unto me; he shall³⁹ lie all night betwixt my breasts. [14] My beloved⁴⁰ [is] unto me [as] a cluster of camphire⁴¹ in the vineyards of En–gedi⁴².

⥃The Bridegroom

[15] Behold, thou [art] fair⁴³, my love⁴⁴; behold, thou [art] fair; thou [hast⁴⁵] doves’ eyes.

⥃The Bride

[16] Behold, thou [art⁴⁶] fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also⁴⁷ our bed [is] green.

⥃The Bridegroom

[17] The beams⁴⁸ of our house [are] cedar, [and] our rafters⁴⁹ of fir.

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