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<p class="indent2">Your eyes are <i>like</i> doves behind your veil; <p class="indent2">Your hair is like a flock of goats <p class="indent2">That have leapt down from Mount Gilead. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your teeth are like a flock of <i>newly</i> shorn ewes <p class="indent2">Which have come up from <i>their</i> washing, <p class="indent2">All of which bear twins, <p class="indent2">And not one among them has <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lost her young. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Your lips are like a scarlet thread, <p class="indent2">And your mouth is lovely. <p class="indent2">Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate <p class="indent2">Behind your veil. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Your neck is like the tower of David, <p class="indent2">Built <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>with rows of stones <p class="indent2">On which are hung one thousand shields, <p class="indent2">All the small shields of the mighty men. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Your two breasts are like two fawns, <p class="indent2">Twins of a gazelle <p class="indent2">Which <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>feed among the lilies. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Until the day breathes <p class="indent2">And the shadows flee, <p class="indent2">I will go my way to the mountain of myrrh <p class="indent2">And to the hill of frankincense. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“You are altogether beautiful, my darling, <p class="indent2">And there is no blemish in you. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><i>Come</i> with me from Lebanon, <i>my</i> bride, <p class="indent2">May you come with me from Lebanon. <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Journey down from the top of Amana, <p class="indent2">From the top of Senir and Hermon, <p class="indent2">From the dens of lions, <p class="indent2">From the mountains of leopards. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>You have made my heart beat faster, my sister, <i>my</i> bride; <p class="indent2">You have made my heart beat faster with a single <i>glance</i> of your eyes, <p class="indent2">With a single strand of your necklace. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>How beautiful is your love, my sister, <i>my</i> bride! <p class="indent2">How much better is your love than wine, <p class="indent2">And the fragrance of your oils <p class="indent2">Than all <i>kinds</i> of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>spices! <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Your lips, <i>my</i> bride, drip honey from the comb; <p class="indent2">Honey and milk are under your tongue, <p class="indent2">And the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>A garden locked is my sister, <i>my</i> bride, <p class="indent2">A <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>rock garden locked, a spring sealed up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Your shoots are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>an orchard of pomegranates <p class="indent2">With choice fruits, henna with nard plants, <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, <p class="indent2">With all the trees of frankincense, <p class="indent2">Myrrh and aloes, along with all the finest <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>spices. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><i>You are</i> a garden spring, <p class="indent2">A well of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>fresh water, <p class="indent2">And streams <i>flowing</i> from Lebanon.” <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/songs/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Awake, O north <i>wind</i>, <p class="indent2">And come, <i>wind of</i> the south; <p class="indent2">Make my garden breathe out <i>fragrance</i>, <p class="indent2">Let its <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>spices flow forth. <p class="indent2">May my beloved come into his garden <p class="indent2">And eat its choice fruits!”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> BRIDEGROOM<br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Or <i>miscarried</i><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> Or <i>for an arsenal</i><br><span class="fnverse">5</span> Lit <i>shepherd</i>, cf. Song 1:7, 8; 2:16; 6:2<br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>Look</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>balsam odors</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>stone heap</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>a park</i>, <i>a paradise</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>balsam odors</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Lit <i>living</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> BRIDE<br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>balsam odors</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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