Study Desk

Tell me, O you whom my soul loves,Where do you shepherd your flock,Where do you make it lie down at noon?For why should I be like one who veils herselfBeside the flocks of your companions?"

"We will make for you ornaments of goldWith beads of silver."

For behold, the winter is past,The rain is over; it is gone.

The flowers have appeared in the land;The time for pruning has arrived;And the voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

"O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,In the secret place of the steep pathway,Let me see your appearance,Let me hear your voice;For your voice is sweet,And your appearance is lovely."

"Seize the foxes for us,The little foxes that are wreaking destruction on the vineyards,While our vineyards are in blossom."

King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chairFrom the timber of Lebanon.

"I was asleep, but my heart was awake.A voice! My beloved was knocking:‘Open to me, my sister, my darling,My dove, my perfect one!For my head is full of dew,My locks with the damp of the night.'

My beloved sent forth his hand through the opening,And my feelings moaned for him.

I opened to my beloved,But my beloved had turned away and passed by!My soul went out to him as he spoke.I searched for him, but I did not find him;I called him, but he did not answer me.

Turn your eyes away from me,For they have overwhelmed me;Your hair is like a flock of goatsThat have leapt down from Gilead.

And your mouth like the best wine!""It goes down smoothly for my beloved,Flowing gently through the lips of those who fall asleep.

"I am my beloved's,And his desire is for me.

The mandrakes have given forth fragrance;And over our doors are all choice fruits,Both new and old,Which I have treasured up for you, my beloved.

Many waters cannot quench love,Nor will rivers overflow it;If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love,It would be utterly despised."

"We have a little sister,And she has no breasts;What shall we do for our sisterOn the day when she is spoken for?

Solomon had a vineyard at Baal‑hamon;He gave the vineyard to caretakers.Each one was to bring one thousand shekels of silver for its fruit.

My very own vineyard is before me;The thousand shekels are for you, Solomon,And two hundred are for those who take care of its fruit."

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth;For Yahweh speaks,"Sons I have reared and raised up,But they have transgressed against Me.

Learn to do good;Seek justice,Reprove the ruthless,Execute justice for the orphan,Plead for the widow.