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<a href ="../1_peter/3.htm">1 Peter 3:1–7</a>)</span><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The song of songs which is to Solomon.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>He shall kiss me from the kisses of his mouth: for thy good breasts are above wine.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>To the odor of the good ointments thy name shall be poured forth an ointment; for this, the maidens loved thee.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Draw me, we will run after thee: the king brought me to his chambers: we will exult and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy breasts above wine: the upright loved thee.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I am black and beautiful, O daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Thou shalt not see me, I am black; the sun searched me: my mother's sons were angry with me; they set me to watch the vineyards; my vineyard I watched not for me.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Announce to me, thou whom my soul loved, where thou wilt feed, where thou wilt lie down at noon: wherefore shall I be as he covered by the herds of thy companions.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>If thou shalt not know for thyself, O fair one among women, come forth for thyself at the heels of the flock, and feed thy kids by the shepherds tents.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>To my mares in Pharaoh's chariots I likened thee, O my neighbor.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Thy cheeks were beautiful with with rows, thy neck with strings of pearls.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>We will make for thee rows of gold, with marks of silver.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The king yet in his divan, my spikenard gave its odor.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>A bundle of myrrh my beloved to me; he shall lodge between my breasts.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>A cluster of cypress my beloved to me in the vineyards of the kids fountain.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Behold thee fair, my friend; behold thee beautiful; thine eyes are doves'.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Behold thee beautiful, my beloved, also pleasant: also our bed is green.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/1-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The walls of our houses cedars, our carved ceilings, cypresses.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments; Translated Literally From The Original Tongues by Julia E. 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