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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I slept but my heart was awake.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="content">Listen! My beloved is knocking:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="content">&#8220;Open to me, my sister, my darling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="content">my dove, my flawless one.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="content">My head is drenched with dew,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"><span class="content">my hair with the dampness of the night.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.5.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I have taken off my robe&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.5.3"><span class="content">must I put it on again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.5.3"><span class="content">I have washed my feet&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.5.3"><span class="content">must I soil them again?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.5.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">My beloved thrust his hand through the latch-opening;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.5.4"><span class="content">my heart began to pound for him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.5.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I arose to open for my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.5.5"><span class="content">and my hands dripped with myrrh,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.5.5"><span class="content">my fingers with flowing myrrh,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.5.5"><span class="content">on the handles of the bolt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.5.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I opened for my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"><span class="content">but my beloved had left; he was gone.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"><span class="content">My heart sank at his departure.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">5:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">heart had gone out to him when he spoke</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"><span class="content">I looked for him but did not find him.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"><span class="content">I called him but he did not answer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.5.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The watchmen found me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"><span class="content">as they made their rounds in the city.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"><span class="content">They beat me, they bruised me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"><span class="content">they took away my cloak,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"><span class="content">those watchmen of the walls!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.5.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.5.8"><span class="content">if you find my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.5.8"><span class="content">what will you tell him?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.5.8"><span class="content">Tell him I am faint with love.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.5.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">How is your beloved better than others,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.5.9"><span class="content">most beautiful of women?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.5.9"><span class="content">How is your beloved better than others,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.5.9"><span class="content">that you so charge us?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.5.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">My beloved is radiant and ruddy,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.5.10"><span class="content">outstanding among ten thousand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.5.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">His head is purest gold;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.5.11"><span class="content">his hair is wavy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.5.11"><span class="content">and black as a raven.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.5.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">His eyes are like doves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.5.12"><span class="content">by the water streams,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.5.12"><span class="content">washed in milk,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.5.12"><span class="content">mounted like jewels.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.5.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">His cheeks are like beds of spice</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.5.13"><span class="content">yielding perfume.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.5.13"><span class="content">His lips are like lilies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.5.13"><span class="content">dripping with myrrh.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.5.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">His arms are rods of gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.5.14"><span class="content">set with topaz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.5.14"><span class="content">His body is like polished ivory</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.5.14"><span class="content">decorated with lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.5.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His legs are pillars of marble</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.5.15"><span class="content">set on bases of pure gold.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.5.15"><span class="content">His appearance is like Lebanon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.5.15"><span class="content">choice as its cedars.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="SNG.5.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">His mouth is sweetness itself;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.5.16"><span class="content">he is altogether lovely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.5.16"><span class="content">This is my beloved, this is my friend,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="SNG.5.16"><span class="content">daughters of 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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Where has your beloved gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.6.1"><span class="content">most beautiful of women?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.6.1"><span class="content">Which way did your beloved turn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.6.1"><span class="content">that we may look for him with you?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.6.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">My beloved has gone down to his garden,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.6.2"><span class="content">to the beds of spices,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.6.2"><span class="content">to browse in the gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.6.2"><span class="content">and to gather lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.6.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I am my beloved&#8217;s and my beloved is mine;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.6.3"><span class="content">he browses among the lilies.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.6.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">You are as beautiful as Tirzah, my darling,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.6.4"><span class="content">as lovely as Jerusalem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.6.4"><span class="content">as majestic as troops with banners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.6.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Turn your eyes from me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.6.5"><span class="content">they overwhelm me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.6.5"><span class="content">Your hair is like a flock of goats</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.6.5"><span class="content">descending from Gilead.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.6.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Your teeth are like a flock of sheep</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.6.6"><span class="content">coming up from the washing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.6.6"><span class="content">Each has its twin,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.6.6"><span class="content">not one of them is missing.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.6.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your temples behind your veil</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.6.7"><span class="content">are like the halves of a pomegranate.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.6.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Sixty queens there may be,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.6.8"><span class="content">and eighty concubines,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.6.8"><span class="content">and virgins beyond number;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.6.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">but my dove, my perfect one, is unique,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"><span class="content">the only daughter of her mother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"><span class="content">the favorite of the one who bore her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"><span class="content">The young women saw her and called her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"><span class="content">the queens and concubines praised her.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.6.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Who is this that appears like the dawn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.6.10"><span class="content">fair as the moon, bright as the sun,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.6.10"><span class="content">majestic as the stars in procession?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.6.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">I went down to the grove of nut trees</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">to look at the new growth in the valley,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">to see if the vines had budded</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"><span class="content">or the pomegranates were in bloom.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.6.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Before I realized it,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"><span class="content">my desire set me among the royal chariots of my people.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:12 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">among the chariots of Amminadab</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">among the chariots of the people of the prince</span></span></span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.6.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Come back, come back, O Shulammite;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="content">come back, come back, that we may gaze on you!</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="content">Why would you gaze on the Shulammite</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"><span class="content">as on the dance of Mahanaim?</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">6:13 </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts this verse (6:13) is numbered 7:1.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.6.13"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q1"><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How beautiful your sandaled feet,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">O prince&#8217;s daughter!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">Your graceful legs are like jewels,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"><span class="content">the work of an artist&#8217;s hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.7.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Your navel is a rounded goblet</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">that never lacks blended wine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">Your waist is a mound of wheat</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"><span class="content">encircled by lilies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.7.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Your breasts are like two fawns,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"><span class="content">like twin fawns of a gazelle.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.7.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Your neck is like an ivory tower.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">Your eyes are the pools of Heshbon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">by the gate of Bath Rabbim.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"><span class="content">looking toward Damascus.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.7.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Your head crowns you like Mount Carmel.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="content">Your hair is like royal tapestry;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"><span class="content">the king is held captive by its tresses.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.7.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">How beautiful you are and how pleasing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"><span class="content">my love, with your delights!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.7.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Your stature is like that of the palm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"><span class="content">and your breasts like clusters of fruit.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.7.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I said, &#8220;I will climb the palm tree;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">I will take hold of its fruit.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">May your breasts be like clusters of grapes on the vine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"><span class="content">the fragrance of your breath like apples,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.7.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and your mouth like the best wine.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="content">May the wine go straight to my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"><span class="content">flowing gently over lips and teeth.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:9 </span><span class="ft">Septuagint, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">lips of sleepers</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.7.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I belong to my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"><span class="content">and his desire is for me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.7.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"><span class="content">let us spend the night in the villages.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">7:11 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the henna bushes</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.7.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Let us go early to the vineyards</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">to see if the vines have budded,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">if their blossoms have opened,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">and if the pomegranates are in bloom&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"><span class="content">there I will give you my love.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.7.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The mandrakes send out their fragrance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">and at our door is every delicacy,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">both new and old,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"><span class="content">that I have stored up for you, my beloved.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.7.13"></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">If only you were to me like a brother,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">who was nursed at my mother&#8217;s breasts!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">Then, if I found you outside,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">I would kiss you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"><span class="content">and no one would despise me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.8.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I would lead you</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">and bring you to my mother&#8217;s house&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">she who has taught me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">I would give you spiced wine to drink,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"><span class="content">the nectar of my pomegranates.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="SNG.8.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">His left arm is under my head</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"><span class="content">and his right arm embraces me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="SNG.8.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">Do not arouse or awaken love</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"><span class="content">until it so desires.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="SNG.8.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Who is this coming up from the wilderness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">leaning on her beloved?</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">Under the apple tree I roused you;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there your mother conceived you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"><span class="content">there she who was in labor gave you birth.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="SNG.8.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Place me like a seal over your heart,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a seal on your arm;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">for love is as strong as death,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">its jealousy</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">ardor</span></span></span><span class="content"> unyielding as the grave.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">It burns like blazing fire,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"><span class="content">like a mighty flame.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:6 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">fire, / like the very flame of the <span class="nd">Lord</span></span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="SNG.8.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Many waters cannot quench love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">rivers cannot sweep it away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">If one were to give</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">all the wealth of one&#8217;s house for love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"><span class="content">it</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">he</span></span></span><span class="content"> would be utterly scorned.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="SNG.8.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">We have a little sister,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">and her breasts are not yet grown.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">What shall we do for our sister</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"><span class="content">on the day she is spoken for?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="SNG.8.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">If she is a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will build towers of silver on her.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">If she is a door,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"><span class="content">we will enclose her with panels of cedar.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="SNG.8.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I am a wall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">and my breasts are like towers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">Thus I have become in his eyes</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"><span class="content">like one bringing contentment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="SNG.8.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Solomon had a vineyard in Baal Hamon;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">he let out his vineyard to tenants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">Each was to bring for its fruit</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"><span class="content">a thousand shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 25 pounds or about 12 kilograms; also in verse 12</span></span></span><span class="content"> of silver.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="SNG.8.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">But my own vineyard is mine to give;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">the thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"><span class="content">and two hundred</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">8:12 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 5 pounds or about 2.3 kilograms</span></span></span><span class="content"> are for those who tend its fruit.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="SNG.8.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">You who dwell in the gardens</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">with friends in attendance,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"><span class="content">let me hear your voice!</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="SNG.8.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Come away, my beloved,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">and be like a gazelle</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">or like a young stag</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="SNG.8.14"><span class="content">on the spice-laden mountains.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">31</div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Sayings of King Lemuel</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The sayings of King Lemuel&#8212;an inspired utterance his mother taught him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PRO.31.1"></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Listen, my son! Listen, son of my womb!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"><span class="content">Listen, my son, the answer to my prayers!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PRO.31.2"></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Do not spend your strength</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">31:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">wealth</span></span></span><span class="content"> on women,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"><span class="content">your vigor on those who ruin kings.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PRO.31.3"></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">It is not for kings, Lemuel&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">it is not for kings to drink wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"><span class="content">not for rulers to crave beer,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PRO.31.4"></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">lest they drink and forget what has been decreed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"><span class="content">and deprive all the oppressed of their rights.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PRO.31.5"></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Let beer be for those who are perishing,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"><span class="content">wine for those who are in anguish!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PRO.31.6"></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Let them drink and forget their poverty</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"><span class="content">and remember their misery no more.</span></span></div><div class="b"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="PRO.31.7"></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"><span class="content">for the rights of all who are destitute.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="PRO.31.8"></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Speak up and judge fairly;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"><span class="content">defend the rights of the poor and needy.</span></span></div><div class="ms1"><span class="heading">Epilogue: The Wife of Noble Character</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="PRO.31.9"></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content"> </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class="body"><span class="fr">31:10 </span><span class="ft">Verses 10-31 are an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft"> </span></span></span><span class="content">A wife of noble character who can find?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"><span class="content">She is worth far more than rubies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="PRO.31.10"></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Her husband has full confidence in her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"><span class="content">and lacks nothing of value.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="PRO.31.11"></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">She brings him good, not harm,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"><span class="content">all the days of her life.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="PRO.31.12"></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">She selects wool and flax</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"><span class="content">and works with eager hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="PRO.31.13"></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">She is like the merchant ships,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"><span class="content">bringing her food from afar.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="PRO.31.14"></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">She gets up while it is still night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">she provides food for her family</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"><span class="content">and portions for her female servants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="PRO.31.15"></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">She considers a field and buys it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"><span class="content">out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="PRO.31.16"></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">She sets about her work vigorously;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"><span class="content">her arms are strong for her tasks.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="PRO.31.17"></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">She sees that her trading is profitable,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"><span class="content">and her lamp does not go out at night.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="PRO.31.18"></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">In her hand she holds the distaff</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"><span class="content">and grasps the spindle with her fingers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="PRO.31.19"></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">She opens her arms to the poor</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"><span class="content">and extends her hands to the needy.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="PRO.31.20"></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When it snows, she has no fear for her household;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"><span class="content">for all of them are clothed in scarlet.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="PRO.31.21"></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">She makes coverings for her bed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"><span class="content">she is clothed in fine linen and purple.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="PRO.31.22"></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Her husband is respected at the city gate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"><span class="content">where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="PRO.31.23"></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">She makes linen garments and sells them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"><span class="content">and supplies the merchants with sashes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="PRO.31.24"></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">She is clothed with strength and dignity;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"><span class="content">she can laugh at the days to come.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="PRO.31.25"></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">She speaks with wisdom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"><span class="content">and faithful instruction is on her tongue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="PRO.31.26"></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">She watches over the affairs of her household</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"><span class="content">and does not eat the bread of idleness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="PRO.31.27"></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Her children arise and call her blessed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"><span class="content">her husband also, and he praises her:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="PRO.31.28"></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">&#8220;Many women do noble things,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"><span class="content">but you surpass them all.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="PRO.31.29"></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"><span class="content">but a woman who fears the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is to be praised.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="PRO.31.30"></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">Honor her for all that her hands have done,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="PRO.31.31"><span class="content">and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.</span></span></div>
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