Song 2

The Bride’s Admiration

The Bride

1 I am a rose of Sharon, ¹ ‡ Hos 14:5Isa 57:15Isa 35:1-2Sng 5:13Sng 2:16Sng 6:3Psa 85:11

a lily of the valley.

The Bridegroom

2 Like a lily among the thorns ‡ 1Pe 2:12Isa 55:13Mat 10:16Mat 6:28-29Php 2:15-16

is my darling among the maidens.

The Bride

3 Like an apricot tree among the trees of the forest ‡ Sng 8:5Heb 1:1-6Isa 25:4Isa 32:2Heb 12:2Jhn 1:14-181Jn 1:3-4Ezk 47:12 +19

is my beloved among the young men.

I delight to sit in his shade,

and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4 He has brought me to the house of wine, ² ‡ Jhn 15:9-15Rom 5:8-10Rom 8:28-39Sng 1:4Rev 3:20Psa 84:10Isa 11:10Sng 6:4 +8

and his banner over me is love.

5 Sustain me with raisins; ‡ Sng 5:82Sa 6:19Hos 3:12Sa 13:1-2Isa 26:8-9Luk 24:32Php 1:23Psa 119:130-131 +6

refresh me with apples,

for I am faint with love.

6 His left hand is under my head, ‡ Isa 54:5-10Zep 3:17Jer 32:41Sng 8:3-5Eph 5:25-29Isa 62:4-5Jhn 3:29Pro 4:8

and his right arm embraces me.

7 O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you ‡ Sng 3:5Sng 8:4Sng 1:5Pro 5:19Sng 5:8-9Eph 5:22-33Sng 2:9Sng 5:16 +1

by the gazelles and does of the field:

Do not arouse or awaken love

until the time is right.

8 Listen! My beloved approaches. ‡ Jhn 10:27Isa 52:7Jhn 3:29Rev 3:20Sng 2:172Sa 6:16Act 14:10Act 3:8 +10

Look! Here he comes,

leaping across the mountains,

bounding over the hills.

9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. ‡ Sng 8:14Sng 2:171Co 13:121Pe 1:10-122Co 3:13-182Sa 2:18Col 2:17Eph 2:14-15 +8

Look, he stands behind our wall,

gazing through the windows,

peering through the lattice.

10 My beloved calls to me, ‡ Sng 2:13Sng 4:7-8Rev 22:172Co 11:22Co 6:17-18Psa 45:10-11Rev 19:7-9Sng 2:8 +7

“Arise, my darling.

Come away with me, my beautiful one.

11 For now the winter is past; ‡ Isa 60:1-2Ecc 3:11Eph 5:8Isa 54:6-8Ecc 3:4Isa 40:2Mat 5:4Rev 11:14-15 +1

the rain is over and gone.

12 The flowers have appeared in the countryside; ‡ Isa 55:12Col 3:16Jer 8:7Psa 148:7-13Psa 89:15Eph 1:13-14Eph 5:18-20Hos 14:5-7 +6

the season of singing ³has come,

and the cooing of turtledoves

is heard in our land.

13 The fig tree ripens its figs; ‡ Sng 2:102Co 6:1-2Isa 55:10-11Isa 61:11Luk 13:6-7Sng 7:11-132Co 5:20Hag 2:19 +6

the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.

Arise, come away, my darling;

come away with me, my beautiful one.”

The Bridegroom

14 O my dove in the clefts of the rock, ‡ Ezr 9:5-6Sng 1:5Sng 5:2Exo 3:6Sng 8:13Exo 33:22-23Exo 4:11-13Ezk 7:16 +32

in the crevices of the cliff,

let me see your face,

let me hear your voice;

for your voice is sweet,

and your countenance is lovely.

The Friends

15 Catch for us the foxes— ‡ Luk 13:322Pe 2:1-3Sng 7:12Psa 80:13Ezk 13:4-16Rev 2:2Sng 2:13

the little foxes that ruin the vineyards—

for our vineyards are in bloom.

The Bride

16 My beloved is mine and I am his; ‡ Sng 6:3Sng 7:10Jer 31:33Psa 48:14Psa 63:11Co 3:21-23Gal 2:20Rev 21:2-3 +4

he pastures his flock among the lilies.

17 Before the day breaks and shadows flee, ‡ Sng 4:62Pe 1:19Heb 10:1Heb 8:5Luk 1:78Rom 13:12Sng 2:8-9Sng 8:14

turn, my beloved,

and be like a gazelle

or a young stag on the mountains of Bether. ⁴