the Week of Proper 19 / Ordinary 24
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Song of Solomon 6
1 Y Where has your love gone,
most beautiful of women?
Which way has he[a] turned?
We will seek him with you.
2 W My love has gone down to his garden,(a)
to beds of spice,(b)
to feed in the gardens(c)
and gather lilies.(d)
3 I am my love's and my love is mine;(e)
he feeds among the lilies.
4 M You are as beautiful as Tirzah,[b] my darling,
lovely as Jerusalem,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners.(f)
5 Turn your eyes away from me,
for they captivate me.(g)
Your hair is like a flock of goats
streaming down from Gilead.(h)
6 Your teeth are like a flock of ewes
coming up from washing,
each one having a twin,
and not one missing.[c](i)
7 Behind your veil,(j)
your brow[d] is like a slice of pomegranate.
8 There are 60 queens
and 80 concubines(k)
and young women[e] without number.
9 But my dove,(l) my virtuous one, is unique;(m)
she is the favorite of her mother,
perfect to the one who gave her birth.
Women see her and declare her fortunate;(n)
queens and concubines also, and they sing her praises:
10 Y[f] Who is this[g](o) who shines like the dawn—
as beautiful as the moon,
bright as the sun,
awe-inspiring as an army with banners?(p)
11 W I came down to the walnut grove
to see the blossoms of the valley,
to see if the vines were budding(q)
and the pomegranates blooming.
12 Before I knew it,
my desire put me
among the chariots of my noble people.[h]
13 [i]Y Come back, come back, Shulammite![j][k]
Come back, come back, that we may look at you!
M Why are you looking at the Shulammite,
as you look at the dance(r) of the two camps?[l](s)
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