1The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s. (1Ki 4:32)
The Bride Confesses Her Love
2She[1]: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine; (So 4:10)3your anointing oils are fragrant; your name is oil poured out; therefore virgins love you. (Ec 7:1; Lu 7:46; Joh 12:3)4Draw me after you; let us run. The king has brought me into his chambers. Others: We will exult and rejoice in you; we will extol your love more than wine; rightly do they love you. (Ps 9:2; Ps 45:14; Ps 45:15; Ps 119:32; So 1:2; So 2:4; Ho 11:4; Joh 6:44; Joh 12:32; Joh 14:2; Eph 2:6; Php 3:12)5She: I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. (Ps 120:5; So 2:7; So 2:14; So 3:5; So 3:10; So 4:3; So 5:8; So 5:16; So 6:4; So 8:4; Isa 60:7; Lu 23:28)6Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept! (Job 27:18; Ps 69:8; Pr 27:18; So 8:11; 1Co 9:27)7Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon; for why should I be like one who veils herself beside the flocks of your companions? (Ps 23:1; So 2:16; So 3:1; So 6:3; So 8:13; Isa 13:20; Jer 33:12; Eze 34:14)
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
8He: If you do not know, O most beautiful among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your young goats beside the shepherds’ tents. (So 5:9; So 6:1)9I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots. (2Ch 1:16; So 1:15)10Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels. (So 5:13; Eze 16:11)11Others: We will make for you[2] ornaments of gold, studded with silver.12She: While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance. (So 1:4; So 4:13; Mr 14:3; Joh 12:3)13My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts. (Ps 45:8; Joh 19:39)14My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Engedi. (1Sa 23:29; So 4:13)15He: Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves. (So 1:9; So 2:2; So 2:10; So 2:13; So 4:1; So 4:7; So 5:2; So 5:12; So 6:4; Eze 16:13)16She: Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful. Our couch is green; (2Sa 1:23; 2Sa 1:26; So 2:3)17the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine. (Isa 37:24; Isa 60:13; Eze 31:8)