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Song of Songs 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Song of Songs 4:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 You are all-beautiful, my love,
without the slightest blemish.[a]
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my promised bride;[b]
come with me from Lebanon.
Descend quickly from the heights of Amana,
from the peaks of Senir and Hermon,
from the dens of lions,
from the mountains of leopards.
9 You have stolen my heart,
my sister,[c] my bride.
You have stolen my heart with a single glance,
with one jewel of your necklace.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 4:7 See the description of the Church in Eph 5:27. The Liturgy applies this verse to our Lady in the celebration of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.
- Song of Songs 4:8 Promised bride: i.e., the betrothed. Amana . . . Senir . . . Hermon: names of peaks in the Anti-Lebanon. The Lebanon and Anti-Lebanon are two mountain chains on the borders of Palestine. These far-off mountains symbolize the distance that separates the two lovers.
- Song of Songs 4:9 Sister: a word of endearment that was common in the language of love of the ancient East.
