Through My Bible Yr 2 – November 25

Beloved

² I slept but my heart was awake.
Listen! My lover is knocking:
“Open to me, my sister, my darling,
my dove, my flawless one.
My head is drenched with dew,
my hair with the dampness of the night.”

³ I have taken off my robe—
must I put it on again?
I have washed my feet—
must I soil them again?

⁴ My lover thrust his hand through the latch-opening;
my heart began to pound for him.

⁵ I arose to open for my lover,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with flowing myrrh,
on the handles of the lock.

⁶ I opened for my lover,
but my lover had left; he was gone.
My heart sank at his departure. ^[a]
I looked for him but did not find him.
I called him but he did not answer.

⁷ The watchmen found me
as they made their rounds in the city.
They beat me, they bruised me;
they took away my cloak,
those watchmen of the walls!

⁸ O daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you—
if you find my lover,
what will you tell him?
Tell him I am faint with love.

Friends

⁹ How is your beloved better than others,
most beautiful of women?
How is your beloved better than others,
that you charge us so?

Beloved

¹⁰ My lover is radiant and ruddy,
outstanding among ten thousand.

¹¹ His head is purest gold;
his hair is wavy
and black as a raven.

¹² His eyes are like doves
by the water streams,
washed in milk,
mounted like jewels.

¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spice
yielding perfume.
His lips are like lilies
dripping with myrrh.

¹⁴ His arms are rods of gold
set with chrysolite.
His body is like polished ivory
decorated with sapphires. ^[b]

¹⁵ His legs are pillars of marble
set on bases of pure gold.
His appearance is like Lebanon,
choice as its cedars.

¹⁶ His mouth is sweetness itself;
he is altogether lovely.
This is my lover, this my friend,
O daughters of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 6

Friends

¹Where has your lover gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way did your lover turn,
that we may look for him with you?

Beloved

² My lover has gone down to his garden,
to the beds of spices,
to browse in the gardens
and to gather lilies.

³ I am my lover’s and my lover is mine;
he browses among the lilies.

Footnotes:

1. Song of Solomon 5:6 Or heart had gone out to him when he spoke
2. Song of Solomon 5:14 Or lapis lazuli

Scripture taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®. NIV®. Copyright©1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.