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Song of Solomon 2

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¹ I am a wildflower [1] of Sharon, a lily [2] of the valleys. ⓔ

² Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.

³ Like an apricot [3] tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

⁴ He brought me to the banquet hall, [4] ⓕ and he looked on me with love. [5] ⓖ

⁵ Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, [6] for I am lovesick. ⓗ

⁶ May his left hand be under my head, and his right arm embrace me. ⓘ

⁷ Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. [7] ⓙ

⁸ Listen! My love is approaching. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, ⓚ bounding over the hills.

⁹ My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. ⓛ See, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.

¹⁰ My love calls to me: Arise, ⓜ my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.

¹¹ For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away.

¹² The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing [8] has come, and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land. ⓝ

¹³ The fig tree ripens its figs; ⓐ the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. ⓑ Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.

¹⁴ My dove, ⓒ in the clefts of the rock, ⓓ in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, [9] let me hear your voice; ⓔ for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. ⓕ

¹⁵ [10] Catch the foxes for us ⓖ — the little foxes that ruin the vineyards — for our vineyards are in bloom. ⓗ

¹⁶ My love is mine and I am his; ⓘ he feeds among the lilies.

¹⁷ Until the day breaks [11] and the shadows flee, turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag ⓙ on the divided mountains. [12] ⓚ

#	CSB
1	I am a wildflower [1] of Sharon, a lily [2] of the valleys. ⓔ
2	Like a lily among thorns, so is my darling among the young women.
3	Like an apricot [3] tree among the trees of the forest, so is my love among the young men. I delight to sit in his shade, and his fruit is sweet to my taste.
4	He brought me to the banquet hall, [4] ⓕ and he looked on me with love. [5] ⓖ
5	Sustain me with raisins; refresh me with apricots, [6] for I am lovesick. ⓗ
6	May his left hand be under my head, and his right arm embrace me. ⓘ
7	Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you by the gazelles and the wild does of the field, do not stir up or awaken love until the appropriate time. [7] ⓙ
8	Listen! My love is approaching. Look! Here he comes, leaping over the mountains, ⓚ bounding over the hills.
9	My love is like a gazelle or a young stag. ⓛ See, he is standing behind our wall, gazing through the windows, peering through the lattice.
10	My love calls to me: Arise, ⓜ my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
11	For now the winter is past; the rain has ended and gone away.
12	The blossoms appear in the countryside. The time of singing [8] has come, and the turtledove’s cooing is heard in our land. ⓝ
13	The fig tree ripens its figs; ⓐ the blossoming vines give off their fragrance. ⓑ Arise, my darling. Come away, my beautiful one.
14	My dove, ⓒ in the clefts of the rock, ⓓ in the crevices of the cliff, let me see your face, [9] let me hear your voice; ⓔ for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely. ⓕ
15	[10] Catch the foxes for us ⓖ — the little foxes that ruin the vineyards — for our vineyards are in bloom. ⓗ
16	My love is mine and I am his; ⓘ he feeds among the lilies.
17	Until the day breaks [11] and the shadows flee, turn around, my love, and be like a gazelle or a young stag ⓙ on the divided mountains. [12] ⓚ

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^{Song of Solomon 2:1 [4]} Hebrew the sons of God

^{Song of Solomon 2:10 [5]} The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

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