9.
The second question asked of her
6:1
S.S. 6
:1
6:1
1Where has your beloved gone,
O you most beautiful among women?
Where has your beloved turned,
That we may seek him with you?
10.
Her reply
6:2-3
S.S. 6
:2
6:2
My beloved has gone down to his
1agarden,
To the beds of spices,
To feed in the gardens
And gather lilies.
S.S. 6
:3
6:3
aI am
1my beloved’s, and my beloved is mine;
He pastures
his flock among the
blilies.
B.
A life within the veil
6:4-13
1.
The Beloved's praise
vv. 4-10
S.S. 6
:4
6:4
You are as beautiful, my love, as
1Tirzah,
As lovely as
1Jerusalem,
As
aterrible as an
2army with banners.
S.S. 6
:5
6:5
Turn your
1eyes away from me,
For they overwhelm me,
aYour 2hair is like a flock of goats
That repose on Mount Gilead.
S.S. 6
:6
6:6
Your 1teeth are like a flock of 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. 6
:7
6:7
Your 1cheeks are like a piece of pomegranate
Behind your veil.
S.S. 6
:8
6:8
There are sixty
1queens and eighty
1concubines And
avirgins without number.
S.S. 6
:9
6:9
My adove, my perfect one, is but one;
She is the only one of her mother;
She is the choice one of her who bore her.
The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed;
The queens and the concubines,
They also praised her.
S.S. 6
:10
6:10
Who is this woman who looks forth like the dawn,
As beautiful as the
1moon,
As clear as the
1sun,
As
aterrible as an
2army with banners?
2.
The lover's work
v. 11
S.S. 6
:11
6:11
I went down to the
1orchard of nuts
To see the freshness of the valley,
To see whether the vine had
abudded,
Whether the pomegranates were in bloom.
3.
The lover's progress and victory
vv. 12-13
S.S. 6
:12
6:12
Before I was aware,
My soul set me
among the
1chariots of my noble people.
S.S. 6
:13
6:13
Return, return, O
1Shulammite;
Return, return, that we may gaze at you.
Why should you gaze at the Shulammite,
As upon the dance of
2atwo camps?
