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Mutual Delight in Each Other
O BSong 1:8most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?”
To the BSong 5:13beds of balsam,
To CSong 1:7pasture his flock in the gardens
And gather DSong 2:1; 5:13lilies.
3 “ASong 2:16; 7:10I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,
He who BSong 2:16; 4:5pastures his flock among the lilies.”
As CSong 1:5lovely as DPs 48:2; 50:2Jerusalem,
As ESong 6:10awesome as 2Lit bannered onesan army with banners.
5 “Turn your eyes away from me,
For they have confused me;
ASong 4:1Your hair is like a flock of goats
That have descended from Gilead.
6 “ASong 4:2Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
Which have come up from their washing,
All of which bear twins,
And not one among them has 1Or miscarriedlost her young.
7 “ASong 4:3Your temples are like a slice of a pomegranate
Behind your veil.
8 “There are sixty A1 Kin 11:3queens and eighty concubines,
And 1Or virginsBSong 1:3maidens without number;
She is her mother’s 1Lit oneonly daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who bore her.
The 2Lit daughtersBGen 30:13maidens saw her and called her blessed,
10 ‘Who is this that 1Lit looks downgrows like the dawn,
As beautiful as the full AJob 31:26moon,
As pure BMatt 17:2; Rev 1:16as the sun,
As CSong 6:4awesome as 2Lit bannered onesan army with banners?’
11 “I went down to the orchard of nut trees
To see the blossoms of the valley,
To see whether ASong 7:12the vine had budded
Or the BSong 4:13pomegranates had bloomed.
12 “Before I was aware, my soul set me
Over the chariots of 1Another reading is Ammi-nadibmy noble people.”
Come back, come back, that we may gaze at you!”
Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,