2.
The beauty of the lover, the bride, as the new creation
4:1-5
S.S. 4
:1
4:1
aOh, you are beautiful, my love!
Oh, you are beautiful! Your
1eyes are
like doves behind your veil;
Your
1hair is like a flock of goats
That repose on Mount Gilead.
S.S. 4
:2
4:2
aYour 1teeth are like a flock of shorn ewes
That have come up from the washing,
All of which have borne twins,
And none of them is bereaved of her young.
S.S. 4
:3
4:3
Your 1lips are like a
ascarlet thread,
And your mouth is lovely;
Your cheeks are like a piece of pomegranate
Behind your veil.
S.S. 4
:4
4:4
Your 1aneck is like the tower of David,
Built for an armory:
A thousand bucklers hang on it,
All the shields of the mighty men.
S.S. 4
:5
4:5
aYour two
1breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
That feed among the lilies.
3.
Her deeper pursuit
4:6
S.S. 4
:6
4:6
aUntil the day
1dawns and the shadows flee away,
I, for my part, will go to the mountain of
bmyrrh And to the hill of frankincense.
B.
Called to live in ascension
4:7-15
1.
His calling
vv. 7-8
S.S. 4
:7
4:7
You are altogether
1beautiful, my love,
And there is no
ablemish in you.
S.S. 4
:8
4:8
Come with me from
1Lebanon,
my abride;
With me from
2Lebanon come.
Look from the top of
3Amana,
From the top of
4Senir and
5bHermon,
From the
6lions’ dens,
From the
6leopards’ mountains.
2.
Her silent answer
v. 9
S.S. 4
:9
4:9
You have
1ravished my heart, my
2sister,
my bride;
You have
1ravished my heart with one
glance of your eyes,
With one strand of your
anecklace.
3.
His private enjoyment of her
vv. 10-15
S.S. 4
:10
4:10
How beautiful is your
1love, my sister,
my bride!
How much better is your
alove than wine,
And the
bfragrance of your ointments
Than all spices!
S.S. 4
:11
4:11
Your 1lips drip fresh honey,
my bride;
Honey and milk are under your tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is like the
afragrance of Lebanon.
S.S. 4
:12
4:12
A 1garden enclosed is my
2sister,
my bride,
A spring shut up, a fountain sealed.
S.S. 4
:13
4:13
Your shoots are an
1orchard of pomegranates
With choicest fruit;
Henna with spikenard,
S.S. 4
:14
4:14
Spikenard and saffron;
aCalamus and cinnamon,
With all the trees of frankincense;
bMyrrh and aloes,
With all the chief spices.
S.S. 4
:15
4:15
A 1fountain in gardens,
A
1well of
aliving water,
And
1streams from Lebanon.
C.
Living a life of love
4:16—5:1
1.
The answer of the bride
4:16
S.S. 4
:16
4:16
Awake, O
1north wind;
And come, O
1south wind!
Blow upon my garden:
Let its
aspices flow forth;
Let my beloved come into his
bgarden And eat his choicest fruit.
