The Bride Confesses Her Love
(Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
This is Solomon’s Song of Songs. 1 Isa 5:11Ki 4:32Psa 14:1
The Bride
Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! Sng 4:10Psa 36:7Sng 1:4Isa 55:1-2Psa 63:3-5Luk 15:20Mat 26:26Sng 7:9
For your love is more delightful than wine.
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; Ecc 7:1Exo 30:23-28Jhn 12:3Sng 4:10Php 2:9-10Psa 45:7-8Rev 14:42Co 2:14-16
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the maidens adore you.
Take me away with you—let us hurry! Hos 11:4Jhn 6:44Psa 45:14-15Jhn 12:32Heb 12:1Jer 31:3Isa 25:8Isa 45:25
May the king bring me to his chambers.
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We will rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
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It is only right that they adore you.
I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, Luk 15:22Sng 2:142Co 5:21Psa 120:5Sng 2:7Sng 5:16Sng 5:81Co 4:10-13
like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
Do not stare because I am dark, Sng 8:11-12Luk 12:51-53Jer 12:6Job 30:30Mrk 4:6Psa 69:8Act 14:22Gal 4:29
for the sun has gazed upon me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
they made me a keeper of the vineyards,
but my own vineyard I have neglected.
Tell me, O one I love, Sng 3:1-4Isa 13:20Psa 23:1-2Gen 37:16Psa 28:11Jn 2:191Pe 1:81Pe 2:7
where do you pasture your sheep?
Where do you rest them at midday?
Why should I be like a veiled woman
beside the flocks of your companions?
The Friends
If you do not know, O fairest of women, Sng 6:1Sng 5:9Heb 11:4-40Jas 2:21Jas 5:101Co 11:11Pe 3:6Eph 5:27
follow the tracks of the flock,
and graze your young goats
near the tents of the shepherds.
The Bridegroom
I compare you, my darling, Sng 2:10Sng 2:13Jhn 15:14-15Isa 31:1Sng 1:15Sng 2:2Sng 4:7Sng 5:2
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, Ezk 16:11-131Pe 3:4Gen 24:47Sng 5:132Pe 1:3-4Gen 24:22Gen 41:42Isa 3:18-21
your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends
We will make you ornaments of gold, Php 3:21Psa 149:4Gen 1:26Eph 5:25-27Sng 8:9
studded with beads of silver.
The Bride
While the king was at his table, Jhn 12:3Rev 3:20Mrk 14:3Luk 24:30-32Mat 22:11Mat 22:4Mat 25:34Mat 26:26-28
my perfume spread its fragrance.
My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh Jhn 19:39Psa 45:8Eph 3:17Gen 43:11Sng 2:7Sng 3:5Sng 4:14Sng 4:6
resting between my breasts.
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms 1Sa 23:29Jos 15:62Sng 1:13Sng 2:3Sng 4:13-14
in the vineyards of En-gedi.
The Bridegroom
How beautiful you are, my darling! Sng 4:1Sng 5:12Sng 4:72Co 11:2-3Eph 1:17-18Mal 2:14Sng 1:8Sng 2:10
Oh, how very beautiful!
Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride
How handsome you are, my beloved! Sng 2:3Psa 45:2Zec 9:17Php 3:8-9Psa 110:3Rev 5:11-13Sng 3:7Sng 5:10-16
Oh, how delightful!
The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom
The beams of our house are cedars; Heb 11:10Psa 92:121Ki 6:91Pe 2:4-51Ti 3:15-162Ch 2:8-9Ezk 41:16Ezk 42:3
our rafters are fragrant firs.