The Bible
Song of Songs Chapter 7
1How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince's daughter!
Your rounded thighs are jewels,
the work of the hands of a skillful workman.
2Your navel is a round goblet,
never lacking mixed wine.
Your waist is a heap of wheat,
set about with lilies.
3Your two breasts are two fawns,
that are twins of a roe.
4Your neck is an ivory tower.
Your eyes are the pools in Heshbon by the gate of Bathrabbim.
Your nose is the tower of Lebanon which looks toward Damascus.
5Your head above is Carmel.
The hair of your head is purple.
The king is held captive in its tresses.
6How beautiful and how pleasant you are,
love, [with all your] delights!
7Your stature is like a palm tree,
your breasts its fruit.
8I said, "I will climb up into the palm tree.
I will take hold of its fruit."
Let your breasts be clusters of the vine,
the smell of your breath [like] apples.
9Your mouth is the best wine,
that goes down smoothly for my beloved,
gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
10[Beloved]
I am my beloved's.
His desire is toward me.
11Come, my beloved! Let's go out into the field.
Let's lodge in the villages.
12Let's go early up to the vineyards.
Let's see whether the vine has budded,
its blossom is open,
and the pomegranates are in flower.
There I will give you my love.
13The mandrakes produce fragrance.
At our doors are all kinds of precious fruits, new and old,
which I have stored up for you, my beloved.
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to include nuanced meanings of particular ancient words for placenames, God and others of special interest.
In general square brackets:[] are used to indicate words not found in the original text.
They also indicate the 5 books of the Psalms, and the letters in Psalm 119;
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