The Young Shulammite Bride and Jerusalem’s Daughters 1The [a]Song 2“May he kiss For your love 3“Your oils Your name Therefore 4“Draw The king The Chorus “We will rejoice We will praise Rightly The Bride 5“I am black You daughters Like the tents Like the curtains 6“Do not stare For the sun My mother’s They made But I have not taken 7“Tell Where Where For why Beside Solomon, the Lover, Speaks 8“If Most beautiful Go And pasture By the tents 9“[h]To me, my darling My mare 10“Your cheeks Your neck The Chorus 11“We will make With beads The Bride 12“While My [i]perfume 13“My beloved Which lies 14“My beloved In the vineyards The Groom 15“[j]How [k]How Your eyes The Bride 16“[l]How And so Indeed 17“The beams [a] 1 Or Best of the Songs [b] 1 The speaker identifications are not from the Hebrew text nor the Septuagint, but reflect an ancient tradition which appears in some manuscripts. [c] 2 Lit more pleasant [d] 3 Lit oil poured from one vessel to another [e] 3 Or virgins [f] 6 Or swarthy, blackish [g] 7 Some ancient versions wanders [h] 9 Lit I have compared you to [i] 12 Lit nard [j] 15 Lit Behold [k] 15 Lit Behold [l] 16 Lit Behold New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit www.lockman.org Bible Hub |