S.S. 2
:1
2:1
I am a
1rose of
2aSharon,
A
blily of the valleys.
S.S. 2
:2
2:2
As a
1lily among
athorns,
So is my love among the daughters.
S.S. 2
:3
2:3
As the
1apple tree among the trees of the wood,
So is my beloved among the sons:
In his shade I delighted and sat down,
And his fruit was sweet to my taste.
S.S. 2
:4
2:4
He brought me into the
1banqueting house,
And his banner over me was love.
S.S. 2
:5
2:5
Sustain me with raisin cakes,
Refresh me with apples,
For I am
asick with love.
S.S. 2
:6
2:6
aHis left hand is under my head,
And his right hand embraces me.
S.S. 2
:7
2:7
aI 1adjure you, O
bdaughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the hinds of the fields,
Not to rouse up or awaken
my love
Until she pleases.
II.
Called to be delivered from the self through the oneness with the cross
2:8—3:5
A.
By Christ's resurrection power through His fellowship
2:8-9
S.S. 2
:8
2:8
The voice of my beloved! Now he comes,
1Leaping upon the mountains,
Skipping upon the hills.
S.S. 2
:9
2:9
My beloved is like a gazelle or a young
ahart.
Now he stands behind our
1wall;
He is looking through the
2windows,
He is glancing through the
2lattice.
B.
Entreated and encouraged
2:10-13
S.S. 2
:10
2:10
My beloved
1responds and says to me,
2aRise up, my love,
My beauty, and come
away;
S.S. 2
:11
2:11
For now the
1winter is past;
The rain is over
and gone.
S.S. 2
:12
2:12
1Flowers appear on the earth;
The time of singing has come,
And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
S.S. 2
:13
2:13
The fig tree has ripened its figs,
And the
avines are in blossom — they give forth their fragrance.
1bRise up, my love,
My beauty, and come
away.
C.
Called to be in oneness with the cross
2:14-15
S.S. 2
:14
2:14
1My adove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the covert of the precipice,
Let me see your countenance,
Let me hear your voice;
For your voice is sweet,
And your countenance is lovely.
S.S. 2
:15
2:15
Catch the
1afoxes for us,
The little foxes,
That ruin the vineyards
While our vineyards are in blossom.
D.
The lover's rejection and failure
2:16—3:1
S.S. 2
:16
2:16
aMy beloved is
1mine, and I am his;
He pastures
his flock among the lilies.
S.S. 2
:17
2:17
1aUntil the day dawns and the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
and be like a gazelle or a young
bhart On the mountains of
2Bether.
