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{\MT Song



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\SH The Bride Confesses Her Love
\par }
{\R (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)

\par }{\MM \VerseOne{1}This is Solomon’s Song of Songs.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }{\FT{Most translators add subheadings for speaker identifications such as The Bride, The Groom, and The Friends based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words.}}}


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!

\par }{\QB For your love is more delightful than wine.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing;

\par }{\QB your name is like perfume poured out.

\par }{\QB No wonder the maidens adore you.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Take me away with you—let us hurry!

\par }{\QB May the king bring me to his chambers.

\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q We will rejoice and delight in you;

\par }{\QB we will praise your love more than wine.

\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q It is only right that they adore you.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem,

\par }{\QB like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Do not stare because I am dark,

\par }{\QB for the sun has gazed upon me.

\par }{\Q My mother’s sons were angry with me;

\par }{\QB they made me a keeper of the vineyards,

\par }{\QB but my own vineyard I have neglected.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}Tell me, O one I love,

\par }{\QB where do you pasture your sheep?

\par }{\QB Where do you rest them at midday?

\par }{\Q Why should I be like a veiled woman

\par }{\QB beside the flocks of your companions?


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}If you do not know, O fairest of women,

\par }{\QB follow the tracks of the flock,

\par }{\Q and graze your young goats

\par }{\QB near the tents of the shepherds.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}I compare you, my darling,

\par }{\QB to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments,

\par }{\QB your neck with strings of jewels.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}We will make you ornaments of gold,

\par }{\QB studded with beads of silver.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}While the king was at his table,

\par }{\QB my perfume spread its fragrance.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh

\par }{\QB resting between my breasts.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms

\par }{\QB in the vineyards of En-gedi.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}How beautiful you are, my darling!

\par }{\QB Oh, how very beautiful!

\par }{\QB Your eyes are like doves.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}How handsome you are, my beloved!

\par }{\QB Oh, how delightful!

\par }{\QB The soft grass is our bed.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}The beams of our house are cedars;

\par }{\QB our rafters are fragrant firs.




\par }\Chap{2}{\SH The Bride’s Admiration
\par }
{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}I am a rose of Sharon,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:1 }{\FT{Sharon Plain is a region in the coastal plain of Israel}}}

\par }{\QB a lily of the valley.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}Like a lily among the thorns

\par }{\QB is my darling among the maidens.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest

\par }{\QB is my beloved among the young men.

\par }{\Q I delight to sit in his shade,

\par }{\QB and his fruit is sweet to my taste.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}He has brought me to the house of wine,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:4 }{\FT{That is, the banquet hall}}}

\par }{\QB and his banner over me is love.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Sustain me with raisins;

\par }{\QB refresh me with apples,

\par }{\QB for I am faint with love.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}His left hand is under my head,

\par }{\QB and his right arm embraces me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you

\par }{\QB by the gazelles and does of the field:

\par }{\Q Do not arouse or awaken love

\par }{\QB until the time is right.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Listen! My beloved approaches.

\par }{\QB Look! Here he comes,

\par }{\Q leaping across the mountains,

\par }{\QB bounding over the hills.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag.

\par }{\QB Look, he stands behind our wall,

\par }{\Q gazing through the windows,

\par }{\QB peering through the lattice.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}My beloved calls to me,

\par }{\QB “Arise, my darling.

\par }{\QB Come away with me, my beautiful one.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}For now the winter is past;

\par }{\QB the rain is over and gone.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}The flowers have appeared in the countryside;

\par }{\QB the season of singing
\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:12 }{\FT{Or pruning}}} has come,

\par }{\Q and the cooing of turtledoves

\par }{\QB is heard in our land.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The fig tree ripens its figs;

\par }{\QB the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

\par }{\Q Arise, come away, my darling;

\par }{\QB come away with me, my beautiful one.”


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}O my dove in the clefts of the rock,

\par }{\QB in the crevices of the cliff,

\par }{\Q let me see your face,

\par }{\QB let me hear your voice;

\par }{\Q for your voice is sweet,

\par }{\QB and your countenance is lovely.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Catch for us the foxes—

\par }{\QB the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—

\par }{\QB for our vineyards are in bloom.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}My beloved is mine and I am his;

\par }{\QB he pastures his flock among the lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}Before the day breaks and shadows flee,

\par }{\QB turn, my beloved,

\par }{\Q and be like a gazelle

\par }{\QB or a young stag on the mountains of Bether.\FTNT{§}{{\FR 2:17 }{\FT{Or the rugged mountains}}}




\par }\Chap{3}{\SH The Bride’s Dream
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}On my bed at night

\par }{\QB I sought the one I love;

\par }{\Q I sought him,

\par }{\QB but did not find him.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I will arise now and go about the city,

\par }{\QB through the streets and squares.

\par }{\Q I will seek the one I love.

\par }{\QB So I sought him but did not find him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city:

\par }{\QB “Have you seen the one I love?”


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I had just passed them when I found the one I love.

\par }{\QB I held him and would not let go

\par }{\Q until I had brought him to my mother’s house,

\par }{\QB to the chamber of the one who conceived me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you

\par }{\QB by the gazelles and does of the field:

\par }{\Q Do not arouse or awaken love

\par }{\QB until the time is right.


\par }{\SH Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Who is this coming up from the wilderness

\par }{\QB like a column of smoke,

\par }{\Q scented with myrrh and frankincense

\par }{\QB from all the spices of the merchant?


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:7 }{\FT{That is, the couch on which servants carry a king}}}

\par }{\QB escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}All are skilled with the sword,

\par }{\QB experienced in warfare.

\par }{\Q Each has his sword at his side

\par }{\QB prepared for the terror of the night.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}King Solomon has made his carriage

\par }{\QB out of the timber of Lebanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}He has made its posts of silver,

\par }{\QB its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric.

\par }{\Q Its interior is inlaid with love

\par }{\QB by the daughters of Jerusalem.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Come out, O daughters of Zion,

\par }{\QB and gaze at King Solomon,

\par }{\Q wearing the crown his mother bestowed

\par }{\QB on the day of his wedding—

\par }{\QB the day of his heart’s rejoicing.




\par }\Chap{4}{\SH Solomon Admires His Bride
\par }
{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}How beautiful you are, my darling—

\par }{\QB how very beautiful!

\par }{\Q Your eyes are like doves

\par }{\QB behind your veil.

\par }{\Q Your hair is like a flock of goats

\par }{\QB streaming down Mount Gilead.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn sheep

\par }{\QB coming up from the washing;

\par }{\Q each has its twin,

\par }{\QB and not one of them is lost.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your lips are like a scarlet ribbon,

\par }{\QB and your mouth is lovely.

\par }{\Q Your brow behind your veil

\par }{\QB is like a slice of pomegranate.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your neck is like the tower of David,

\par }{\QB built with rows of stones;

\par }{\Q on it hang a thousand shields,

\par }{\QB all of them shields of warriors.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Your breasts are like two fawns,

\par }{\QB twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Before the day breaks and the shadows flee,

\par }{\QB I will make my way

\par }{\Q to the mountain of myrrh

\par }{\QB and to the hill of frankincense.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}You are altogether beautiful, my darling;

\par }{\QB in you there is no flaw.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,

\par }{\QB come with me from Lebanon!

\par }{\Q Descend
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:8 }{\FT{Or Look down}}} from the peak of Amana,

\par }{\QB from the summits of Senir and Hermon,

\par }{\Q from the dens of the lions,

\par }{\QB from the mountains of the leopards.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}You have captured my heart,

\par }{\QB my sister, my bride;

\par }{\Q you have stolen my heart with one glance of your eyes,

\par }{\QB with one jewel of your neck.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}How delightful is your love,

\par }{\QB my sister, my bride!

\par }{\Q Your love is much better than wine,

\par }{\QB and the fragrance of your perfume than all spices.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Your lips, my bride,

\par }{\QB drip sweetness like the honeycomb;

\par }{\Q honey and milk are under your tongue,

\par }{\QB and the fragrance of your garments

\par }{\QB is like the aroma of Lebanon.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}My sister, my bride, you are a garden locked up,

\par }{\QB a spring enclosed, a fountain sealed.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Your branches are an orchard of pomegranates

\par }{\QB with the choicest of fruits, with henna and nard,


\par }{\Q \VS{14}with nard and saffron, with calamus and cinnamon,

\par }{\QB with every kind of frankincense tree,

\par }{\Q with myrrh and aloes,

\par }{\QB with all the finest spices.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}You are a garden spring,

\par }{\QB a well of fresh water
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:15 }{\FT{Or flowing water or living water}}}

\par }{\QB flowing down from Lebanon.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Awake, O north wind,

\par }{\QB and come, O south wind.

\par }{\Q Breathe on my garden

\par }{\QB and spread the fragrance of its spices.

\par }{\Q Let my beloved come into his garden

\par }{\QB and taste its choicest fruits.




\par }\Chap{5}{\SH The Bride and Her Beloved
\par }
{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride;

\par }{\QB I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.

\par }{\Q I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey;

\par }{\QB I have drunk my wine with my milk.

\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q Eat, O friends, and drink;

\par }{\QB drink freely, O beloved.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}I sleep, but my heart is awake.

\par }{\QB A sound! My beloved is knocking:

\par }{\Q “Open to me, my sister, my darling,

\par }{\QB my dove, my flawless one.

\par }{\Q My head is drenched with dew,

\par }{\QB my hair with the dampness of the night.”


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}I have taken off my robe—

\par }{\QB must I put it back on?

\par }{\Q I have washed my feet—

\par }{\QB must I soil them again?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}My beloved put his hand to the latch;

\par }{\QB my heart pounded for him.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I rose up to open for my beloved.

\par }{\QB My hands dripped with myrrh,

\par }{\Q my fingers with flowing myrrh

\par }{\QB on the handles of the bolt.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I opened for my beloved,

\par }{\QB but he had turned and gone.

\par }{\Q My heart sank at his departure.

\par }{\QB I sought him, but did not find him.

\par }{\QB I called, but he did not answer.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city.

\par }{\QB They beat me and bruised me;

\par }{\Q they took away my cloak,

\par }{\QB those guardians of the walls.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you,

\par }{\QB if you find my beloved,

\par }{\QB tell him I am sick with love.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}How is your beloved better than others,

\par }{\QB O most beautiful among women?

\par }{\Q How is your beloved better than another,

\par }{\QB that you charge us so?


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}My beloved is dazzling and ruddy,

\par }{\QB outstanding among ten thousand.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}His head is purest gold;

\par }{\QB his hair is wavy and black as a raven.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}His eyes are like doves

\par }{\QB beside the streams of water,

\par }{\Q bathed in milk

\par }{\QB and mounted like jewels.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}His cheeks are like beds of spice,

\par }{\QB towers of perfume.

\par }{\Q His lips are like lilies,

\par }{\QB dripping with flowing myrrh.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}His arms are rods of gold

\par }{\QB set with beryl.

\par }{\Q His body is an ivory panel

\par }{\QB bedecked with sapphires.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}His legs are pillars of marble

\par }{\QB set on bases of pure gold.

\par }{\Q His appearance is like Lebanon,

\par }{\QB as majestic as the cedars.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}His mouth
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:16 }{\FT{Hebrew palate}}} is most sweet;

\par }{\QB he is altogether lovely.

\par }{\Q This is my beloved, and this is my friend,

\par }{\QB O daughters of Jerusalem.




\par }\Chap{6}{\SH Together in the Garden
\par }
{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}Where has your beloved gone,

\par }{\QB O most beautiful among women?

\par }{\Q Which way has he turned?

\par }{\QB We will seek him with you.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}My beloved has gone down to his garden,

\par }{\QB to the beds of spices,

\par }{\Q to pasture his flock in the gardens

\par }{\QB and to gather lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me;

\par }{\QB he pastures his flock among the lilies.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah,

\par }{\QB as lovely as Jerusalem,

\par }{\QB as majestic as troops with banners.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Turn your eyes away from me,

\par }{\QB for they have overcome me.

\par }{\Q Your hair is like a flock of goats

\par }{\QB streaming down from Gilead.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Your teeth are like a flock of sheep

\par }{\QB coming up from the washing;

\par }{\Q each has its twin,

\par }{\QB and not one of them is lost.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Your brow behind your veil

\par }{\QB is like a slice of pomegranate.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}There are sixty queens and eighty concubines,

\par }{\QB and maidens without number,


\par }{\Q \VS{9}but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,

\par }{\QB the favorite of the mother who bore her.

\par }{\Q The maidens see her and call her blessed;

\par }{\QB the queens and concubines sing her praises.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Who is this who shines like the dawn,

\par }{\QB as fair as the moon,

\par }{\Q as bright as the sun,

\par }{\QB as majestic as the stars in procession?


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}I went down to the walnut grove

\par }{\QB to see the blossoms of the valley,

\par }{\Q to see if the vines were budding

\par }{\QB or the pomegranates were in bloom.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Before I realized it, my desire had set me

\par }{\QB among the royal chariots of my people.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:12 }{\FT{Or among the chariots of Amminadab}}}


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Come back, come back, O Shulammite!

\par }{\QB Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you.

\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q Why do you look at the Shulammite,

\par }{\QB as on the dance of Mahanaim
\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:13 }{\FT{Or the dance of the two camps}}}?




\par }\Chap{7}{\SH Admiration by the Bridegroom
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}How beautiful are your sandaled feet,

\par }{\QB O daughter of the prince!

\par }{\Q The curves of your thighs are like jewels,

\par }{\QB the handiwork of a master.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Your navel is a rounded goblet;

\par }{\QB it never lacks blended wine.

\par }{\Q Your waist is a mound of wheat

\par }{\QB encircled by the lilies.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Your breasts are like two fawns,

\par }{\QB twins of a gazelle.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Your neck is like a tower

\par }{\QB made of ivory;

\par }{\Q your eyes are like the pools of Heshbon

\par }{\QB by the gate of Bath-rabbim;

\par }{\Q your nose is like the tower of Lebanon,

\par }{\QB facing toward Damascus.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel,

\par }{\QB the hair of your head like purple threads;

\par }{\QB the king is captured in your tresses.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}How fair and pleasant you are,

\par }{\QB O love, with your delights!


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Your stature is like a palm tree;

\par }{\QB your breasts are clusters of fruit.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I said, “I will climb the palm tree;

\par }{\QB I will take hold of its fruit.”

\par }{\Q May your breasts be like clusters of the vine,

\par }{\QB the fragrance of your breath like apples,


\par }{\QB \VS{9}and your mouth
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 7:9 }{\FT{Hebrew palate
}}} like the finest wine.

\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q May it flow smoothly to my beloved,

\par }{\QB gliding gently over lips and teeth.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 7:9 }{\FT{LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; Hebrew gliding gently over lips as we sleep}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}I belong to my beloved,

\par }{\QB and his desire is for me.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Come, my beloved,

\par }{\QB let us go to the countryside;

\par }{\QB let us spend the night among the wildflowers.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 7:11 }{\FT{Or among the henna blossoms or in the villages}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}Let us go early to the vineyards

\par }{\QB to see if the vine has budded,

\par }{\Q if the blossom has opened,

\par }{\QB if the pomegranates are in bloom—

\par }{\QB there I will give you my love.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}The mandrakes send forth a fragrance,

\par }{\QB and at our door is every delicacy,

\par }{\Q new as well as old,

\par }{\QB that I have treasured up for you, my beloved.




\par }\Chap{8}{\SH Longing for Her Beloved
\par }
{\Q \VerseOne{1}O that you were to me like a brother

\par }{\QB who nursed at my mother’s breasts!

\par }{\Q If I found you outdoors, I would kiss you,

\par }{\QB and no one would despise me.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}I would lead you and bring you

\par }{\QB to the house of my mother who taught me.

\par }{\Q I would give you spiced wine to drink,

\par }{\QB the nectar of my pomegranates.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}His left hand is under my head,

\par }{\QB and his right arm embraces me.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you:

\par }{\QB Do not arouse or awaken love

\par }{\QB until the time is right.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Who is this coming up from the wilderness,

\par }{\QB leaning on her beloved?

\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q I roused you under the apple tree;

\par }{\QB there your mother conceived you;

\par }{\QB there she travailed and brought you forth.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{6}Set me as a seal over your heart,

\par }{\QB as a seal upon your arm.

\par }{\Q For love is as strong as death,

\par }{\QB its jealousy
\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:6 }{\FT{Or passion}}} as unrelenting as Sheol.

\par }{\Q Its sparks are fiery flames,

\par }{\QB the fiercest blaze of all.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Mighty waters cannot quench love;

\par }{\QB rivers cannot sweep it away.

\par }{\Q If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love,

\par }{\QB his offer would be utterly scorned.


\par }{\SHB The Friends
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}We have a little sister,

\par }{\QB and her breasts are not yet grown.

\par }{\Q What shall we do for our sister

\par }{\QB on the day she is spoken for?


\par }{\Q \VS{9}If she is a wall,

\par }{\QB we will build a tower of silver to protect her.

\par }{\Q If she is a door,

\par }{\QB we will enclose her with panels of cedar.


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}I am a wall,

\par }{\QB and my breasts are like towers.

\par }{\Q So I have become in his eyes

\par }{\QB like one who brings peace.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon.

\par }{\QB He leased it to the tenants.

\par }{\Q For its fruit, each was to bring

\par }{\QB a thousand shekels of silver.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 8:11 }{\FT{Hebrew a thousand of silver; that is, approximately 25.1 pounds or 11.4 kilograms of silver}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{12}But my own vineyard is mine to give;

\par }{\QB the thousand shekels are for you, O Solomon,

\par }{\QB and two hundred are for those who tend its fruit.


\par }{\SHB The Bridegroom
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}You who dwell in the gardens,

\par }{\QB my companions are listening for your voice.

\par }{\QB Let me hear it!


\par }{\SHB The Bride
\par }
{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}Come away, my beloved,

\par }{\QB and be like a gazelle

\par }{\Q or a young stag

\par }{\QB on the mountains of spices.

\par }