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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Song of Solomon 2 Catholic Public Domain Version</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/songs/2.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/songs/2-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CPDV</a> > Songs 2</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../songs/1.htm" title="Song of Solomon 1">◄</a> Song of Solomon 2 <a href="../songs/3.htm" title="Song of Solomon 3">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Catholic Public Domain Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/songs/2-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Bride’s Admiration<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Bride: <font color=#0000CC>I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.</font><p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Groom: <font color=#CC0000>Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.</font><p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.</font><p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.</font><p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.</font><p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.</font><p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Groom to Chorus: <font color=#CC0000>I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.</font><p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.</font><p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag.</font> <V 2:10><font color=#0000CC>Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.</font><p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><font color=#0000CC>Lo, my beloved speaks to me:</font> <V 2:12>Groom to Bride: <font color=#CC0000>Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.</font><p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.</font><p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.</font><p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance.</font><p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><font color=#CC0000>My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.</font><p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Chorus to Groom and Bride: <font color=#008800>Capture for us the little foxes, which are tearing down the vines; for our vineyard has flourished.</font><p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Bride to Chorus: <font color=#0000CC>My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies, until the day rises and the shadows decline.</font><p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/2-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Bride to Groom: <font color=#0000CC>Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.</font><p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Catholic Public Domain Version<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../songs/1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Song of Solomon 1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../songs/3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Song of Solomon 3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Song of Solomon 3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>