Wait Well: Trusting God's Timing

When to Forgive and Stand Firm

Competing for Christ

Lifestyle of Worship - Part 2

Journey Through 1 Thessalonians

Who Owns Your Time?

Faith That Endures

Praying God's Word: 7-Day Guide for the Buddhist World

Overcoming Marital Anxiety

DRAWING FROM the RIGHT WELL

The Listener’s Bible®: NIV Edition

New International Version™  (Anglicised), Audio Edition

Holy Bible, New International Version™ (Anglicised), South Asian Audio Edition

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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">He</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">I have come into my garden, my sister, my bride;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">I have gathered my myrrh with my spice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">I have eaten my honeycomb and my honey;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">I have drunk my wine and my milk.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">Eat, friends, and drink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">drink your fill of love.</span></span></div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">She</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="SNG.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 Jerusalem.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="sp"><span class="heading">Friends</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">In Hebrew texts 7:1-13 is numbered 7:2-14.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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"></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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 class="content">  </span></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">13</div><div class="cl"><span class="heading">Psalm 13</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft"><span class="heading">In Hebrew texts 13:1-6 is numbered 13:2-6.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="d"><span class="content">For the director of music. A psalm of David.</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How long, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">? Will you forget me forever?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">How long will you hide your face from me?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.13.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How long must I wrestle with my thoughts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">and day after day have sorrow in my heart?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">How long will my enemy triumph over me?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.13.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Look on me and answer, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> my God.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.13.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">and my enemy will say, &#8220;I have overcome him,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">and my foes will rejoice when I fall.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.13.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But I trust in your unfailing love;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">my heart rejoices in your salvation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.13.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">I will sing the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s praise,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.13.6"><span class="content">for he has been good to me.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="1JN.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="1JN.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Dear friends, now we are children of God, and what we will be has not yet been made known. But we know that when Christ appears,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">when it is made known</span></span></span><span class="content"> we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">All who have this hope in him purify themselves, just as he is pure.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="1JN.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="1JN.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Everyone who sins breaks the law; in fact, sin is lawlessness. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="1JN.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But you know that he appeared so that he might take away our sins. And in him is no sin. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">No one who lives in him keeps on sinning. No one who continues to sin has either seen him or known him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="1JN.3.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="1JN.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Dear children, do not let anyone lead you astray. The one who does what is right is righteous, just as he is righteous. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="1JN.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">The one who does what is sinful is of the devil, because the devil has been sinning from the beginning. The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the devil&#8217;s work. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="1JN.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">No one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God&#8217;s seed remains in them; they cannot go on sinning, because they have been born of God. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">This is how we know who the children of God are and who the children of the devil are: Anyone who does not do what is right is not God&#8217;s child, nor is anyone who does not love their brother and sister.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">More on Love and Hatred</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="1JN.3.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="1JN.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">For this is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="1JN.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Do not be like Cain, who belonged to the evil one and murdered his brother. And why did he murder him? Because his own actions were evil and his brother&#8217;s were righteous. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="1JN.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Do not be surprised, my brothers and sisters,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:13 </span><span class="ft">The Greek word for </span><span class="fq">brothers and sisters </span><span class="ft">(<span class="tl">adelphoi</span>) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God&#8217;s family; also in verse 16.</span></span></span><span class="content"> if the world hates you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="1JN.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">We know that we have passed from death to life, because we love each other. Anyone who does not love remains in death. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Anyone who hates a brother or sister is a murderer, and you know that no murderer has eternal life residing in him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="1JN.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="1JN.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="1JN.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="1JN.3.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="1JN.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">This is how we know that we belong to the truth and how we set our hearts at rest in his presence: </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="1JN.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="1JN.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Dear friends, if our hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence before God </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="1JN.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">and receive from him anything we ask, because we keep his commands and do what pleases him. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="1JN.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to love one another as he commanded us. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="1JN.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The one who keeps God&#8217;s commands lives in him, and he in them. And this is how we know that he lives in us: We know it by the Spirit he gave us.</span></span></div>
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