1The church professeth her faith in Christ. 4Christ sheweth the graces of the church, 10and His love toward her.
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1Whither is thy beloved gone, 1O thou fairest among women? whither is thy beloved turned aside? 2that we may seek him with thee.
2My beloved is gone down 1into his garden, to the 2beds of spices, to 3feed in the gardens, and 4to gather lilies.
31I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
4¶ 1Thou art beautiful, O my love, as 2Tirzah, comely as 3Jerusalem, 4terrible as an army with banners.
5Turn away thine eyes from me, for athey have overcome me: 1thy hair is2as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.
6Thy 1teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, and 2there is not one barren among them.
7As a 1piece of a pomegranate are thy temples within thy locks.
8There are 1threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and virgins without number.
91My dove, my undefiled 2is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. 3The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, the queens and the concubines, and they praised her.
10¶ 1Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, fair as the moon, clear as the sun, and2terrible as an army with banners?
111I went down into the garden of nuts to see the fruits of the valley, and to see whether the vine flourished, and the pomegranates budded.
121Or ever aI was aware, my soul bmade me like the chariots of Ammi-nadib.
13Return, 1return, O Shulamite; return, return, that we may look upon thee. What will ye see in the Shulamite? As it were the company aof two armies.