1
On my bedrIsa. 26:9 by night
I soughtsch. 1:7 him whom my soul loves;
tch. 5:6; [John 7:34] I sought him, but found him not.
2 I will rise now and go about the city,
inuJer. 5:1 the streets and in the squares;
I will seeks[See ver. 1 above] him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but found him not.
3 vch. 5:7 The watchmen found me
as they went about in the city.
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves? ”
4 Scarcely had I passed them
when I founds[See ver. 1 above] him whom my soul loves.
Iw[Job 27:6] held him, and would not let him go
until I hadxch. 8:2 brought him into my mother's house,
and into the chamber ofy[Hos. 2:5] her who conceived me.
5 zSee ch. 2:7 I adjure you,aSee ch. 1:5 O daughters of Jerusalem,
bSee ch. 2:9 by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.
6
cch. 8:5; [ch. 6:10; Isa. 60:8] What is that coming up from the wilderness
likedEx. 13:21; Joel 2:30 columns of smoke,
perfumed withech. 4:6, 14; Matt. 2:11; John 19:39 myrrh and frankincense,
with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
7 Behold, it is the litter of Solomon!
Around it arefch. 6:8 sixtyg2 Sam. 23:8; 1 Chr. 11:10 mighty men,
some of the mighty men of Israel,
8 all of them wearing swords
and expert in war,
each with hishPs. 45:3 sword at his thigh,
againstiPs. 91:5 terror by night.
9 King Solomon made himself a carriage1Or sedan chair
from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold, its seat of purple;
its interior was inlaid with love
byjSee ch. 1:5 the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 Go out, OkIsa. 3:16, 17; 4:4 daughters of Zion,
and look upon King Solomon,
with the crown with which his mother crowned him
onl[Isa. 62:5] the day of his wedding,
on the day of the gladness of his heart.