3 All night long on my bed
    I looked^(A) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.
² I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.
³ The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.^(B)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
⁴ Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,^(C)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.^(D)
5 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(E)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(F)

⁶ Who is this coming up from the wilderness^(G)
    like a column of smoke,
perfumed with myrrh^(H) and incense
    made from all the spices^(I) of the merchant?
⁷ Look! It is Solomon’s carriage,
    escorted by sixty warriors,^(J)
    the noblest of Israel,
⁸ all of them wearing the sword,
    all experienced in battle,
each with his sword at his side,
    prepared for the terrors of the night.^(K)
9 King Solomon made for himself the carriage;
    he made it of wood from Lebanon.
¹⁰ Its posts he made of silver,
    its base of gold.
Its seat was upholstered with purple,
    its interior inlaid with love.
Daughters of Jerusalem, ¹¹ come out,
    and look, you daughters of Zion.^(L)
Look^[a] on King Solomon wearing a crown,
    the crown with which his mother crowned him
on the day of his wedding,
    the day his heart rejoiced.^(M)

⁸ Come with me from Lebanon, my bride,^(AD)
    come with me from Lebanon.
Descend from the crest of Amana,
    from the top of Senir,^(AE) the summit of Hermon,^(AF)
from the lions’ dens
    and the mountain haunts of leopards.
⁹ You have stolen my heart, my sister, my bride;^(AG)
    you have stolen my heart
with one glance of your eyes,
    with one jewel of your necklace.^(AH)
10 How delightful^(AI) is your love^(AJ), my sister, my bride!
    How much more pleasing is your love than wine,^(AK)
and the fragrance of your perfume^(AL)
    more than any spice!
¹¹ Your lips drop sweetness as the honeycomb, my bride;
    milk and honey are under your tongue.^(AM)
The fragrance of your garments
    is like the fragrance of Lebanon.^(AN)
12 You are a garden^(AO) locked up, my sister, my bride;^(AP)
    you are a spring enclosed, a sealed fountain.^(AQ)
13 Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates^(AR)
    with choice fruits,
    with henna^(AS) and nard,
¹⁴     nard and saffron,
    calamus and cinnamon,^(AT)
    with every kind of incense tree,
    with myrrh^(AU) and aloes^(AV)
    and all the finest spices.^(AW)
15 You are^[c] a garden^(AX) fountain,^(AY)
    a well of flowing water
    streaming down from Lebanon.

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;
    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.
In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”^[e](AJ)

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving^(H)
    and his courts^(I) with praise;
    give thanks to him and praise his name.^(J)
5 For the Lord is good^(K) and his love endures forever;^(L)
    his faithfulness^(M) continues through all generations.

⁴ Haughty eyes^(A) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

⁵ The plans of the diligent lead to profit^(B)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.