Song of Solomon 5

New American Standard Bible

The Torment of Separation

The Groom

5 “I have ^(A)come into my garden, ^(B)my sister, my bride;
I have gathered my ^(C)myrrh along with my balsam.
I have eaten my honeycomb with my ^(D)honey;
I have ^(E)drunk my wine with my milk.
Eat, ^(F)friends;
Drink and ^[a]drink deeply, lovers.”

The Bride

²“I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, ^(G)my sister, my darling,
^(H)My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is ^[b]drenched with dew,
My ^(I)locks with the dew drops of the night.’
³I have ^(J)taken off my dress,
How can I put it on again?
I have ^(K)washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
⁴My beloved extended his hand through the opening,
And my ^(L)feelings were stirred for him.
⁵I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands ^(M)dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with drops of myrrh,
On the handles of the bolt.
⁶I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had ^(N)turned away and had gone!
My ^[c]heart went out to him as he ^(O)spoke.
I ^(P)searched for him but I did not find him;
I ^(Q)called him but he did not answer me.
⁷The ^(R)watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guards of the walls took my shawl away from me.
⁸^(S)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
As to what you will tell him:
For ^(T)I am lovesick.”

The Chorus

⁹“^[d]What kind of beloved is your beloved,
O ^(U)most beautiful among women?
^[e]What kind of beloved is your beloved,
That you make us swear in this way?”

Admiration by the Bride

The Bride

¹⁰“My beloved is dazzling and ^[f]^(V)reddish,
^(W)Outstanding among ten thousand.
¹¹His head is like gold, pure gold;
His ^(X)locks are like clusters of dates
And black as a raven.
¹²His ^(Y)eyes are like doves
Beside streams of water,
Bathed in milk,
And perched in their ^(Z)setting.
¹³His cheeks are like a ^(AA)bed of balsam,
^[g]Banks of herbal spices;
His lips are ^(AB)lilies
^(AC)Dripping with drops of myrrh.
¹⁴His hands are rods of gold
Set with ^(AD)topaz;
His abdomen is panels of ivory
Covered with ^[h]^(AE)sapphires.
¹⁵His thighs are pillars of alabaster
Set on pedestals of pure gold;
His appearance is like ^(AF)Lebanon,
Choice as the ^(AG)cedars.
¹⁶His ^[i]^(AH)mouth is full of sweetness.
And he is wholly ^(AI)desirable.
This is my beloved and this is my friend,
You daughters of Jerusalem.”

Footnotes

Song of Solomon 5:1 Or become drunk
Song of Solomon 5:2 Lit filled
Song of Solomon 5:6 Lit soul
Song of Solomon 5:9 Or What is your beloved more than another beloved
Song of Solomon 5:9 Or What is your beloved more than another beloved
Song of Solomon 5:10 I.e., of reddish hair or skin
Song of Solomon 5:13 Lit Towers
Song of Solomon 5:14 Lit lapis lazuli
Song of Solomon 5:16 Lit palate

Hebrews 5

New American Standard Bible

The Perfect High Priest

5 For every high priest ^(A)taken from among men is appointed on behalf of people in ^(B)things pertaining to God, in order to ^(C)offer both gifts and sacrifices ^(D)for sins; ²^[a]^(E)he can deal gently with the ^(F)ignorant and ^(G)misguided, since he himself also is ^[b]^(H)clothed in weakness; ³and because of it he is obligated to offer sacrifices ^(I)for sins for himself, ^(J)as well as for the people. ⁴And ^(K)no one takes the honor for himself, but receives it when he is called by God, just ^(L)as Aaron also was.

⁵So too Christ ^(M)did not glorify Himself in becoming a ^(N)high priest, but it was He who ^(O)said to Him,

“^(P)You are My Son,
Today I have fathered You”;

⁶just as He also says in another passage,

“^(Q)You are a priest forever
According to ^(R)the order of Melchizedek.”

⁷In the days of ^[c]His humanity, ^[d]^(S)He offered up both prayers and pleas with ^(T)loud crying and tears to the One ^(U)able to save Him ^[e]from death, and He ^[f]was heard because of His ^(V)devout behavior. ⁸Although He was ^(W)a Son, He learned ^(X)obedience from the things which He suffered. ⁹And having been ^(Y)perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all those who obey Him, ¹⁰being designated by God as ^(Z)High Priest according to ^(AA)the order of Melchizedek.

¹¹Concerning ^[g]him we have much to say, and it is difficult to explain, since you have become ^[h]poor listeners. ¹²For though ^[i]by this time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you ^(AB)the ^[j]^(AC)elementary principles of the ^(AD)actual words of God, and you have come to need ^(AE)milk and not solid food. ¹³For everyone who partakes only of milk is unacquainted with the word of righteousness, for he is an ^(AF)infant. ¹⁴But solid food is for ^(AG)the mature, who because of practice have their senses ^(AH)trained to ^(AI)distinguish between good and evil.