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Song of Solomon 1

The Song opens with intense mutual desire and admiration between the woman and her beloved; the woman also voices insecurity about her appearance, while the pair delight in one another’s beauty and presence.

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Verses 1The Song of songs is introduced as Solomon’s Verses 2–6The woman longs for her beloved and remembers her darkened appearance Verses 7–11She asks where her beloved feeds, and he answers with praise and counsel Verses 12–17The beloved pair exchange praise and delight in one another

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1The song of songs, which is Solomon's.2Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth:…3Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name…4Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath…5I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,…6Look not upon me, because I am black, because the…7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou…8If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go…9I have compared thee, O my love, to a company…10Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck…11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of…12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth…13A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he…14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire…15Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair;…16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our…17The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters…