The Bride’s Troubled Dream
3 “[a]On my bed night after night I sought him
(A)Whom my soul loves;
I (B)sought him but did not find him.
2 ‘[b]I must arise now and [c]go about the city;
In the (C)streets and in the squares
[d]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)Scarcely had I [e]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 “[f]I (H)adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (I)gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you will not arouse or awaken my love
Until [g]she pleases.”
Solomon’s Wedding Day
6 “[h][i](J)What is this coming up from the wilderness
Like (K)columns of smoke,
Perfumed with (L)myrrh and (M)frankincense,
With all scented powders of the merchant?
7 “Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men around it,
Of the mighty men 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 [j](P)terrors of the night.
9 “King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair
From the timber of Lebanon.
10 “He made its posts of silver,
Its [k]back of gold
And its seat of purple fabric,
With its interior lovingly fitted out
By the (Q)daughters of Jerusalem.
11 “Go forth, O (R)daughters of Zion,
And gaze on King Solomon with the [l]crown
With which his mother has crowned him
On the (S)day of his wedding,
And on the day of his gladness of heart.”
Footnotes
- Song of Solomon 3:1 BRIDE
- Song of Solomon 3:2 Or Let me arise
- Song of Solomon 3:2 Or Let me arise
- Song of Solomon 3:2 Or Let me seek
- Song of Solomon 3:4 Lit passed
- Song of Solomon 3:5 BRIDEGROOM
- Song of Solomon 3:5 Or it
- Song of Solomon 3:6 CHORUS
- Song of Solomon 3:6 Lit Who
- Song of Solomon 3:8 Lit terror in the nights
- Song of Solomon 3:10 Or support
- Song of Solomon 3:11 Or wreath
Cross references
- Song of Solomon 3:1 : Song 1:7
- Song of Solomon 3:1 : Song 5:6
- Song of Solomon 3:2 : Jer 5:1
- Song of Solomon 3:3 : Song 5:7; Is 21:6-8, 11, 12
- Song of Solomon 3:4 : Prov 8:17
- Song of Solomon 3:4 : Prov 4:13; Rom 8:35, 39
- Song of Solomon 3:4 : Song 8:2
- Song of Solomon 3:5 : Song 2:7; 5:8; 8:4
- Song of Solomon 3:5 : Song 2:7
- Song of Solomon 3:6 : Song 8:5
- Song of Solomon 3:6 : Ex 13:21; Joel 2:30
- Song of Solomon 3:6 : Song 1:13; 4:6, 14; Matt 2:11
- Song of Solomon 3:6 : Ex 30:34; Rev 18:13
- Song of Solomon 3:8 : Jer 50:9
- Song of Solomon 3:8 : Ps 45:3
- Song of Solomon 3:8 : Ps 91:5
- Song of Solomon 3:10 : Song 1:5
- Song of Solomon 3:11 : Is 3:16, 17; 4:4
- Song of Solomon 3:11 : Is 62:5