Song of Solomon 3

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Song of Solomon 3

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

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“^(a)On my bed night after night I sought him
^(A)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(B)sought him but did not find him.

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‘^(b)I must arise now and ^(c)go about the city;
In the ^(C)streets and in the squares
^(d)I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.

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“^(D)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’

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“^(E)Scarcely had I ^(e)left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^(F)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^(G)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

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“^(f)I ^(H)adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^(I)gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until ^(g)she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

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“^(h)⁽ⁱ⁾^(J)What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like ^(K)columns of smoke,
Perfumed with ^(L)myrrh and ^(M)frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?

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“Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men of Israel.

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“All of them are wielders of the sword,
^(N)Expert in war;
Each man has his ^(O)sword at his side,
Guarding against the ^(j)^(P)terrors of the night.

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“King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.

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“He made its posts of silver,
Its ^(k)back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the ^(Q)daughters of Jerusalem.

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“Go forth, O ^(R)daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the ^(l)crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the ^(S)day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”

Footnotes:

a. Song of Solomon 3:1: ['BRIDE']

b. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me arise]

c. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me arise]

d. Song of Solomon 3:2: ['Or ', Let me seek]

e. Song of Solomon 3:4: ['Lit ', passed]

f. Song of Solomon 3:5: ['BRIDEGROOM']

g. Song of Solomon 3:5: ['Or ', it]

h. Song of Solomon 3:6: ['CHORUS']

i. Song of Solomon 3:6: ['Lit ', Who]

j. Song of Solomon 3:8: ['Lit ', terror in the nights]

k. Song of Solomon 3:10: ['Or ', support]

l. Song of Solomon 3:11: ['Or ', wreath]

Cross references:

A. Song of Solomon 3:1: Song of Solomon 1:7

B. Song of Solomon 3:1: Song of Solomon 5:6

C. Song of Solomon 3:2: Jeremiah 5:1

D. Song of Solomon 3:3: Song of Solomon 5:7; Isaiah 21:6-8; Isaiah 21:11; Isaiah 21:12

E. Song of Solomon 3:4: Proverbs 8:17

F. Song of Solomon 3:4: Proverbs 4:13; Romans 8:35; Romans 8:39

G. Song of Solomon 3:4: Song of Solomon 8:2

H. Song of Solomon 3:5: Song of Solomon 2:7; Song of Solomon 5:8; Song of Solomon 8:4

I. Song of Solomon 3:5: Song of Solomon 2:7

J. Song of Solomon 3:6: Song of Solomon 8:5

K. Song of Solomon 3:6: Exodus 13:21; Joel 2:30

L. Song of Solomon 3:6: Song of Solomon 1:13; Song of Solomon 4:6; Song of Solomon 4:14; Matthew 2:11

M. Song of Solomon 3:6: Exodus 30:34; Revelation 18:13

N. Song of Solomon 3:8: Jeremiah 50:9

O. Song of Solomon 3:8: Psalm 45:3

P. Song of Solomon 3:8: Psalm 91:5

Q. Song of Solomon 3:10: Song of Solomon 1:5

R. Song of Solomon 3:11: Isaiah 3:16; Isaiah 3:17; Isaiah 4:4

S. Song of Solomon 3:11: Isaiah 62:5