Song of Songs 3

The Bride’s Troubled Dream

1“1On my bed night after night I sought him 2Whom my soul loves; I 3sought him but did not find him.2‘4I must arise now and 5go about the city; In the 6streets and in the squares 7I must seek him whom my soul loves.’ I sought him but did not find him.38The watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’49Scarcely had I 10left them When I found him whom my soul loves; I 11held on to him and would not let him go Until I had 12brought him to my mother’s house, And into the room of her who conceived me.”

5“13I 14adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the 15gazelles or by the hinds of the field, That you will not arouse or awaken my love Until 16she pleases.”

Solomon’s Wedding Day

6“171819What is this coming up from the wilderness Like 20columns of smoke, Perfumed with 21myrrh and 22frankincense, With all scented powders of the merchant?7Behold, it is the traveling couch of Solomon; Sixty mighty men around it, Of the mighty men of Israel.8All of them are wielders of the sword, 23Expert in war; Each man has his 24sword at his side, Guarding against the 2526terrors of the night.9King Solomon has made for himself a sedan chair From the timber of Lebanon.10He made its posts of silver, Its 27back of gold And its seat of purple fabric, With its interior lovingly fitted out By the 28daughters of Jerusalem.11Go forth, O 29daughters of Zion, And gaze on King Solomon with the 30crown With which his mother has crowned him On the 31day of his wedding, And on the day of his gladness of heart.”