S.S. 1
:1
1:1
The 1aSong of Songs, which is Solomon’s.
I.
Drawn to pursue Christ for satisfaction
1:2—2:7
A.
Attracted to run after Christ
1:2-4
S.S. 1
:2
1:2
Let him
akiss me with the
1kisses of his
bmouth!
For your
clove is better than wine.
S.S. 1
:3
1:3
Your anointing oils have a pleasant
afragrance;
Your name is like ointment poured forth;
Therefore the
1bvirgins love you.
B.
Fellowshipping with Christ resulting in entering into the church life
1:4-8
S.S. 1
:4
1:4
1aDraw me; we will
brun after you —
The king has brought me into his
2cchambers —
We will be glad and
3rejoice in you;
We will
3extol your love more than wine.
Rightly do they love you.
S.S. 1
:5
1:5
I am
1black but lovely, O
adaughters of Jerusalem,
Like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
S.S. 1
:6
1:6
Do not look at me, because I am black,
Because the sun has
1scorched me.
My mother’s sons were angry with me;
They made me keeper of the vineyards,
But my own vineyard I have not kept.
S.S. 1
:7
1:7
Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
1Where do you pasture
your flock?
Where do you make
it lie down at
2noon?
For why should I be like one who is veiled
Beside the flocks of your companions?
S.S. 1
:8
1:8
If you yourself do not know,
You
afairest among women,
1Go forth on the footsteps of the
bflock,
And pasture your young goats
By the shepherds’ tents.
C.
Transformed by the remaking of the Spirit
1:9-16
S.S. 1
:9
1:9
I compare you,
1my alove,
To a
2bmare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
S.S. 1
:10
1:10
Your 1cheeks are lovely with plaits of ornaments,
Your
aneck with
2strings of jewels.
S.S. 1
:11
1:11
1We will make you
2plaits of gold
With
2studs of silver.
S.S. 1
:12
1:12
While the king was at his
1table,
My spikenard gave forth its fragrance.
S.S. 1
:13
1:13
My beloved is to me a
1bundle of
amyrrh That lies at night between my breasts.
S.S. 1
:14
1:14
My beloved is to me a cluster of
ahenna flowers
In the vineyards of
1bEn-gedi.
S.S. 1
:15
1:15
aOh, you are beautiful, my love!
Oh, you are beautiful! Your
1eyes are
like bdoves.
D.
Satisfied with the rest and enjoyment in Christ
1:16-17
S.S. 1
:16
1:16
Oh, you are beautiful, my beloved; indeed, pleasant!
Indeed, our
1couch is green.
S.S. 1
:17
1:17
The beams of our house are cedars;
Our rafters are cypresses.
