Song of Songs 3, verse 1. 1In the night on my bed
I sought him whom my soul loves;
I sought him, but did not find him.
I called him, but he did not hear me.
Song of Songs 3, verse 2. 2I will rise now and go about the city,
In the marketplaces and the streets.
I will seek him whom my soul loves.
I sought him, but did not find him.
Song of Songs 3, verse 3. 3The watchmen who do their rounds in the city
Found me, and I said to them,
“Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
Song of Songs 3, verse 4. 4Scarcely had I departed from them
When I found him whom my soul loves.
I held him and would not let him go
Until I brought him into my mother's house,
Into the chamber of her who conceived me.
Song of Songs 3, verse 5. 5I implore you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the hosts and powers of the field,
That you rouse not nor wake my love
Until he wishes.
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Song of Songs 3, verse 6. 6Who is this who comes up from the desert
Like pillars of smoke,
Offering incense, myrrh, and frankincense,
With all the fragrant powders of the perfumer?
Song of Songs 3, verse 7. 7Behold the bed of Solomon;
Sixty mighty men round about it
From the mighty ones of Israel,
Song of Songs 3, verse 8. 8All holding a sword
And trained in war.
Every man has his sword upon his thigh
Because of fear in the night.
Song of Songs 3, verse 9. 9King Solomon made a palanquin for himself
From the trees of Lebanon.
Song of Songs 3, verse 10. 10He made its pillars of silver
And its back of gold,
Its covering crimson,
Its interior a mosaic of love,
Because of the daughters of Jerusalem.
Song of Songs 3, verse 11. 11Go forth and look at King Solomon,
At the crown with which his mother crowned him
In the day of his wedding,
And in the day of the gladness of his heart.