Song of Solomon3
Maiden’s Dream (?): Seeking and Finding
1On my bed in the night,I sought him whom my ⸤heart⸥ loves.I sought him, but I did not find him.2Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city,in the streets and in the squares;I will seek him whom my ⸤heart⸥ loves.I sought him, but I did not find him.3The sentinels who go about in the city found me.“Have you seen the one whom my ⸤heart⸥ loves?”4⸤Scarcely had I passed⸥ by themwhen I found him whom my ⸤heart⸥ loves.I held him and I would not let him gountil I brought him to the house of my mother,into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.Adjuration Refrain
5I adjure you, ⸤O maidens of Jerusalem⸥, by the gazelles or by the does of the field,do not arouse or awaken love until it pleases!Royal Wedding Procession
6What is this coming up from the desertlike a column of smoke,perfumed with myrrh and frankincensefrom all the fragrant powders of the merchant?7Look! It is Solomon’s ⸤portable couch⸥! Sixty mighty men surround ⸤it⸥, the mighty men of Israel.8All of them ⸤wield swords⸥; they are ⸤trained in warfare⸥, each with his sword at his thighto guard ⸤against terror⸥ in the night.9⸤King Solomon⸥ made for himself a sedan chairfrom the wood of Lebanon.10He made its column of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple;its interior is inlaid with leather by ⸤the maidens of Jerusalem⸥. 11Come out and look, ⸤O maidens of Zion⸥, at ⸤King Solomon⸥, at the crown with which his mother crowned himon the day of his wedding,on the day of the joy of his heart!Logos Bible Software