Song of Songs 5:9-Song of Songs 6:2 - Maiden's Praise Of Her Beloved

⁹ Y What makes the one you love better than another,
most beautiful of women?
What makes him better than another,
that you would give us this charge?

¹⁰ W My love is fit and strong,
notable among ten thousand.
¹¹ His head is purest gold.
His hair is wavy
and black as a raven.
¹² His eyes are like doves
beside streams of water,
washed in milk
and set like jewels.
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spice,
towers of perfume.
His lips are lilies,
dripping with flowing myrrh.
¹⁴ His arms are rods of gold
set with topaz.
His body is an ivory panel
covered with sapphires.
¹⁵ His legs are alabaster pillars
set on pedestals of pure gold.
His presence is like Lebanon,
as majestic as the cedars.
¹⁶ His mouth is sweetness.
He is absolutely desirable.
This is my love, and this is my friend,
young women of Jerusalem.

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¹ Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he turned?
We will seek him with you.

² W My love has gone down to his garden,
to beds of spice,
to feed in the gardens
and gather lilies.