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!

4:? Literally “Behold!” Or “Look!”

4:? Literally “shields”

4:? Literally “There is no flaw in you!”

4:? Or “You must come”

4:? Or “With me”

4:? Or “a source locked”

4:? Or “your channel”

4:? Literally “fruit of choice things”

4:? Or “perfumes”

4:? Or “His perfumes can waft down”

LEB SNG Chapter 4