Song of Songs 3

¹Song of Songs 3:1. On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.²Song of Songs 3:2. I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.³Song of Songs 3:3. I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”⁴Song of Songs 3:4. I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.⁵Song of Songs 3:5. O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.

⁶Song of Songs 3:6. Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?⁷Song of Songs 3:7. Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.⁸Song of Songs 3:8. All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.⁹Song of Songs 3:9. King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.¹⁰Song of Songs 3:10. He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.¹¹Song of Songs 3:11. Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.