Song of Songs 5 — Legacy Standard Bible

The Bride Searches for Her Beloved

5“¹I have ^acome into my garden, ^bmy sister, my bride;I have picked my ^cmyrrh along with my balsam.I have eaten my honeycomb with my ^dhoney;I have ^edrunk my wine with my milk.Eat, ^ffriends;Drink and ²imbibe deeply, O lovers.”²“¹I was asleep, but my heart was awake.A voice! My beloved was knocking:‘Open to me, ^amy sister, my darling,^bMy dove, my perfect one!For my head is full of dew,My ^clocks with the ²damp of the night.’³“I have ^ataken off my long-sleeved garment,How can I put it on again?I have ^bwashed my feet,How can I dirty them again?⁴“My beloved sent forth his hand through the opening,And my ¹^,^afeelings moaned for him.⁵“I arose to open to my beloved;And my hands ^adripped with myrrh,And my fingers with ¹liquid myrrh,On the handles of the lock.⁶“I opened to my beloved,But my beloved had ^aturned away and passed by!My soul went out to him as he ^bspoke.I ^csearched for him, but I did not find him;I ^dcalled him, but he did not answer me.⁷“The ^awatchmen who go about in the city found me,They struck me and wounded me;The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.⁸“I ^acall you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,If you find my beloved,What will you tell him?Tell him that ^bI am sick with love.”⁹“¹What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,O ^amost beautiful among women?What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,That thus you call us to solemnly swear?”

The Bride Extols Her Beloved

¹⁰“¹My beloved is dazzling and ^aruddy,^bLifted up as a banner among ten thousand.¹¹“His head is like gold, fine gold;His ^alocks are like clusters of datesAnd black as a raven.¹²“His ^aeyes are like dovesBeside streams of water,Washed in milk,And sitting in their ^bsetting.¹³“His cheeks are like a ^abed of spices,Towers of sweet-scented herbs;His lips are ^blilies^cDripping with liquid myrrh.¹⁴“His hands are rods of goldSet with ^aberyl;His abdomen is a plate of ivoryInlaid with ¹^,^bsapphires.¹⁵“His legs are pillars of marbleSet on bases of fine gold;His appearance is like ^aLebanonChoice as the ^bcedars.¹⁶“His ¹^,^amouth is full of sweetness.And he is wholly ^bdesirable.This is my beloved and this is my friend,O daughters of Jerusalem.”