RSV Song 1 Chapter
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1:1
The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
1:2
O that you would kiss me with the kisses of your mouth! For your love is better than wine,
1:3
your anointing oils are fragrant, your name is oil poured out;therefore the maidens love you.
1:4
Draw me after you, let us make haste. The king has brought me into his chambers. We will exult and rejoice in you;we will extol your love more than wine;rightly do they love you.
1:5
I am very dark, but comely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
1:6
Do not gaze at me because I am swarthy, because the sun has scorched me. My mother's sons were angry with me, they made me keeper of the vineyards;but, my own vineyard I have not kept!
1:7
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture your flock, where you make it lie down at noon;for why should I be like one who wanders beside the flocks of your companions?
1:8
If you do not know, O fairest among women, follow in the tracks of the flock, and pasture your kids beside the shepherds' tents.
1:9
I compare you, my love, to a mare of Pharaoh's chariots.
1:10
Your cheeks are comely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
1:11
We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with silver.
1:12
While the king was on his couch, my nard gave forth its fragrance.
1:13
My beloved is to me a bag of myrrh, that lies between my breasts.
1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of Enge'di.
1:15
Behold, you are beautiful, my love;behold, you are beautiful;your eyes are doves.
1:16
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly lovely. Our couch is green;
1:17
the beams of our house are cedar, our rafters are pine.