² “May he kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your ^(B)love is ^[c]sweeter than wine.
³ Your ^(C)oils have a pleasing fragrance,
Your ^(D)name is like ^[d]purified oil;
Therefore the ^[e](E)young women love you.
⁴ Draw me after you and let’s run together!
The ^(F)king has brought me into his chambers.”

“We will rejoice in you and be joyful;
We will praise your ^(G)love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.”

⁵ “I am black and ^(H)beautiful,
You ^(I)daughters of Jerusalem,
Like the ^(J)tents of ^(K)Kedar,
Like the curtains of Solomon.
⁶ Do not stare at me because I am ^[f]dark,
For the sun has tanned me.
My ^(L)mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me ^(M)caretaker of the vineyards,
But I have not taken care of my own vineyard.
⁷ Tell me, you ^(N)whom my soul loves,
Where do you ^(O)pasture your flock,
Where do you have it ^(P)lie down at noon?
For why should I be like one who ^[g]veils herself
Beside the flocks of your ^(Q)companions?”

⁸ “If you yourself do not know,
^(R)Most beautiful among women,
Go out on the trail of the flock,
And pasture your young goats
By the tents of the shepherds.

¹¹ “We will make for you jewelry of gold
With beads of silver.”

¹² “While the king was at his table,
My ^[i](W)perfume gave forth its fragrance.
¹³ My beloved is to me a pouch of ^(X)myrrh
Which lies all night between my breasts.
¹⁴ My beloved is to me a cluster of ^(Y)henna blossoms
In the vineyards of ^(Z)Engedi.”

¹⁵ “^[j](AA)How beautiful you are, my darling,
^[k]How beautiful you are!
Your ^(AB)eyes are like doves.”

¹⁶ “^[l]How handsome you are, ^(AC)my beloved,
And so delightful!
Indeed, our bed is luxuriant!
¹⁷ The beams of our house are ^(AD)cedars,
Our rafters, ^(AE)junipers.

2 “I am the ^[a](A)rose of ^(B)Sharon,
The ^(C)lily of the valleys.”

² “Like a lily among the thorns,
So is ^(D)my darling among the ^[b]young women.”

³ “Like an ^(E)apple tree among the trees of the forest,
So is my beloved among the ^[c]young men.
In his shade I took great delight and sat down,
And his ^(F)fruit was sweet to my ^[d]taste.
⁴ He has ^(G)brought me to his ^[e]banquet hall,
And his ^(H)banner over me is love.
⁵ Refresh me with ^(I)raisin cakes,
Sustain me with ^(J)apples,
Because ^(K)I am lovesick.
^6 (L)His left hand is under my head,
And ^(M)his right hand ^(N)embraces me.”

⁷ “^(O)Swear to me, you ^(P)daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^(Q)gazelles or by the ^(R)does of the field,
^(S)That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

⁸ “Listen! My beloved!
Behold, he is coming,
Leaping ^(T)on the mountains,
Jumping on the hills!
⁹ My beloved is like a ^(U)gazelle or a ^(V)young ^[f]stag.
Behold, he is standing behind our wall,
He is looking through the windows,
He is peering ^(W)through the lattice.

¹⁴ “^(AB)My dove, ^(AC)in the clefts of the ^[h]rock,
In the hiding place of the mountain pathway,
Let me see ^[i]how you look,
^(AD)Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is pleasant,
And ^[j]you look ^(AE)delightful.”

¹⁵ “^(AF)Catch the ^[k]foxes for us,
The ^[l]little ^[m]foxes that are ruining the vineyards,
While our ^(AG)vineyards are in blossom.”

¹⁶ “^(AH)My beloved is mine, and I am his;
He ^(AI)pastures his flock among the lilies.
^17 (AJ)Until the cool of the day, when the shadows flee,
Turn, my beloved, and be like a ^(AK)gazelle
Or a young stag ^(AL)on the mountains of ^[n]Bether.”

3 “On my bed night after night I sought him
^(A)Whom my soul loves;
I ^(B)sought him but did not find him.
² ‘^[a]I must arise now and ^[b]go around in the city;
In the ^(C)streets and in the public squares
^[c]I must seek him whom my soul loves.’
I sought him but did not find him.
^3 (D)The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
^4 (E)Hardly had I ^[d]left them
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I ^(F)held on to him and would not let him go
Until I had ^(G)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the room of her who conceived me.”

⁵ “^(H)Swear to me, you daughters of Jerusalem,
By the ^(I)gazelles or by the does of the field,
That you will not disturb or awaken my love
Until she pleases.”

⁶ “^[e](J)What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like ^(K)columns of smoke,
Perfumed with ^(L)myrrh and ^(M)frankincense,
With all the scented powders of the merchant?

⁷ Behold, it is ^[f]the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty warriors around it,
Of the warriors of Israel.
⁸ All of them are wielders of the sword,
^(N)Expert in war;
Each man has his ^(O)sword at his side,
Guarding against the ^[g](P)terrors of the night.
⁹ King Solomon has made for himself a ^[h]sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
¹⁰ He made its posts of silver,
Its ^[i]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly inlaid
By the ^(Q)daughters of Jerusalem.
¹¹ Go out, you ^(R)daughters of Zion,
And look at King Solomon with the ^[j]crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the ^(S)day of his wedding,
And on the day of the joy of his heart.”

72 Give the king ^(A)Your judgments, God,
And ^(B)Your righteousness to the king’s son.
^2 [a]May ^[b]he ^(C)judge Your people with righteousness
And ^[c](D)Your afflicted with justice.
^3 [d]May the mountains bring ^[e](E)peace to the people,
And the hills, in righteousness.
^4 [f]May he ^(F)vindicate the ^[g]afflicted of the people,
Save the children of the needy,
And crush the oppressor.