LEB SNG Chapter 4

Groom’s Praise of His Bride

• 4 Oh my ![fn] You are beautiful, my beloved!
  • Oh my ![fn] You are beautiful!
• Your eyes are doves
  • from behind your veil.
• Your hair is like a flock of goats
  • that move down from the mountains of Gilead.
• 2 Your teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
  • that came up from the washing,
• all of them bearing twins,
  • and there is none bereaved among them.
• 3 Your lips are like a thread of crimson,
  • and your mouth is lovely.
• Your temple is like pomegranate
  • from behind your veil.
• 4 Your neck is like the tower of David,
  • built in courses;
• a thousand ornaments[fn] are hung on it,
  • all the shields of the warriors.
• 5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
  • twins of a gazelle that feed among the lilies.
• 6 Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
  • I will go to the mountain of the myrrh,
    • to the hill of the frankincense.
• 7 You are completely beautiful, my beloved!
  • You are flawless ![fn]

The Mountains and Fragrance of Lebanon

• 8 Come[fn] with me from Lebanon, my bride!
  • Come with me[fn] from Lebanon!
• Look from the top of Amana,
  • from the top of Senir and Hermon,
• from the dwelling places of the lions,
  • from the mountains of leopard.
• 9 You have stolen (my) heart, my sister bride!
  • You have stolen my heart with one glance from your eyes,
    • with one ornament from your necklaces.
• 10 How beautiful is your love, my sister bride!
  • How better is your love than wine,
    • and the fragrance of your oils than any spice!
• 11 Your lips drip nectar, my bride;
  • honey and milk are under your lips;
    • the scent of your garments is like the scent of Lebanon.

The Locked Garden of Delights Is Unlocked

• 12 A garden locked is my sister bride,
  • a spring enclosed,[fn] a fountain sealed.
• 13 Your shoots[fn] are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruit ,[fn]
  • henna with nard;
• 14 nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon spice with all trees of frankincense,
  • myrrh and aloes with all chief spices.
• 15 A garden fountain, a well of living water,
  • flowing (streams) from Lebanon.
• 16 Awake, O north wind! Come, O south wind!
  • Blow upon my garden! Let its fragrances[fn] waft forth![fn]
• Let my beloved come to his garden,
  • let him eat his choice fruit!