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Song of Songs 1

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1The song of songs, which is Solomon’s. The Shulamite ✦ 2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth— For your love is better than wine. ✦ 3Because of the fragrance of your good ointments, Your name is ointment poured forth; Therefore the virgins love you. ✦ 4Draw me away! The Daughters of Jerusalem We will run after you. The Shulamite The king has brought me into his chambers. The Daughters of Jerusalem We will be glad and rejoice in you. We will remember your love more than wine. The Shulamite Rightly do they love you. ✦ 5I am dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Like the tents of Kedar, Like the curtains of Solomon. ✦ 6Do not look upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has tanned me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards, But my own vineyard I have not kept. (To Her Beloved) ✦ 7Tell me, O you whom I love, Where you feed your flock, Where you make it rest at noon. For why should I be as one who veils herself By the flocks of your companions? The Beloved ✦ 8If you do not know, O fairest among women, Follow in the footsteps of the flock, And feed your little goats Beside the shepherds’ tents. ✦ 9I have compared you, my love, To my filly among Pharaoh’s chariots. ✦ 10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, Your neck with chains of gold. The Daughters of Jerusalem ✦ 11We will make you ornaments of gold With studs of silver. The Shulamite ✦ 12While the king is at his table, My spikenard sends forth its fragrance. ✦ 13A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts. ✦ 14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blooms In the vineyards of En Gedi. The Beloved ✦ 15Behold, you are fair, my love! Behold, you are fair! You have dove’s eyes. The Shulamite ✦ 16Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green. ✦ 17The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir. ✦

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Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Where this chapter connects

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Christ at the center

The poetry of covenant love between bride and bridegroom pictures, at its highest, the love of Christ for his church — the Bridegroom who gave himself for his bride.

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