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Song of Solomon 5
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Song of Solomon 5 . 1
1 I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride; I have gathered my myrrh with my spice. I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk. Eat, O friends, and drink; drink freely, O beloved.CSong of Solomon 4:10-5:1TOSKSong of Solomon 5:1
Song of Solomon 5 . 2
2 I sleep, but my heart is awake. A sound! My beloved is knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my darling, my dove, my flawless one. My head is drenched with dew, my hair with the dampness of the night.”TOSKSong of Solomon 5:2
Song of Solomon 5 . 3
3 I have taken off my robe—must I put it back on? I have washed my feet—must I soil them again?TOSKSong of Solomon 5:3
Song of Solomon 5 . 4
4 My beloved put his hand to the latch; my heart pounded for him.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:4
Song of Solomon 5 . 5
5 I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with flowing myrrh on the handles of the bolt.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:5
Song of Solomon 5 . 6
6 I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:6
Song of Solomon 5 . 7
7 I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. They beat me and bruised me; they took away my cloak, those guardians of the walls.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:7
Song of Solomon 5 . 8
8 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you, if you find my beloved, tell him I am sick with love.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:8
Song of Solomon 5 . 9
9 How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?TOSKSong of Solomon 5:9
Song of Solomon 5 . 10
10 My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:10
Song of Solomon 5 . 11
11 His head is purest gold; his hair is wavy and black as a raven.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:11
Song of Solomon 5 . 12
12 His eyes are like doves beside the streams of water, bathed in milk and mounted like jewels.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:12
Song of Solomon 5 . 13
13 His cheeks are like beds of spice, towers of perfume. His lips are like lilies, dripping with flowing myrrh.TOSKSong of Solomon 5:13
Song of Solomon 5 . 14
14 His arms are rods of gold set with beryl. His body is an ivory panel bedecked with sapphires.CSong of Solomon 5:14-6:6TOSKSong of Solomon 5:14
Song of Solomon 5 . 15
15 His legs are pillars of marble set on bases of pure gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, as majestic as the cedars.CSong of Solomon 5:14-6:6TOSKSong of Solomon 5:15
Song of Solomon 5 . 16
16 His mouth is most sweet; he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.CSong of Solomon 5:14-6:6TOSKSong of Solomon 5:16