Song of Solomon Chapter 5 Back Next{5:1} I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride. I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my
honey; I have drunk my wine with my
milk. Friends Eat, friends!
Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved. Beloved
{5:2} I was asleep, but my
heart was awake. It is the voice of my beloved who
knocks: "Open to me, my sister, my love, my
dove, my undefiled; for my head is filled with
dew, and my
hair with the dampness of the night."
{5:3} I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on? I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?
{5:4} My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
{5:5} I rose up to open for my beloved. My hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh, on the handles of the
lock.
{5:6} I opened to my beloved; but my beloved left; and had gone away. My heart went out when he spoke. I looked for him, but I didn't find him. I called him, but he didn't answer.
{5:7} The watchmen who go about the city found me. They beat me. They bruised me. The keepers of the walls took my
cloak away from me.
{5:8} I adjure you, daughters of
Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love. Friends
{5:9} How is your beloved better than another beloved, you fairest among women? How is your beloved better than another beloved, that you do so adjure us? Beloved
{5:10} My beloved is white and ruddy. The best among ten thousand.
{5:11} His head is like the purest
gold. His hair is bushy, black as a raven.
{5:12} His eyes are like doves beside the water
brooks, washed with milk, mounted like jewels.
{5:13} His cheeks are like a bed of spices with towers of perfumes. His lips are like lilies, dropping liquid myrrh.
{5:14} His hands are like rings of gold set with
beryl. His body is like
ivory work overlaid with sapphires.
{5:15} His legs are like pillars of
marble set on sockets of fine gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, excellent as the
cedars.
{5:16} His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem. Friends
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