^5 (A)I adjure you, ^(B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

^6 (D)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like ^(E)columns of smoke,
perfumed with ^(F)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
⁷ Behold, it is the litter^[a] of Solomon!
Around it are ^(G)sixty ^(H)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,

^5 (A)I adjure you, ^(B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    ^(C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

^6 (D)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like ^(E)columns of smoke,
perfumed with ^(F)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
⁷ Behold, it is the litter^[a] of Solomon!
Around it are ^(G)sixty ^(H)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,