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Young Woman

16 My lover is mine, and I am his.
    He browses among the lilies.
17 Before the dawn breezes blow
    and the night shadows flee,
return to me, my love, like a gazelle
    or a young stag on the rugged mountains.[a]

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  1. 2:17 Or on the hills of Bether.

16 [a](A)My beloved is mine, and I am his,
He who (B)shepherds his flock among the lilies.
17 (C)Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a (D)gazelle
Or a young stag (E)on the mountains of [b]Bether.”

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  1. Song of Songs 2:16 BRIDE
  2. Song of Songs 2:17 Or ravines, a kind of spice