Song of Songs 1-4; Psalms 11 - Prayer Tents

Song of Songs 1

1This is Solomon’s song of songs, more wonderful than any other.H7892H7892H80102[Young Woman] Kiss me and kiss me again, for your love is sweeter than wine.H5401H5390H6310H1730H2896H31963How fragrant your cologne; your name is like its spreading fragrance. No wonder all the young women love you!H7381H2896H8081H8034H8081H7324H5959H1574Take me with you; come, let’s run! The king has brought me into his bedroom. [Young Women of Jerusalem] How happy we are for you, O king. We praise your love even more than wine. [Young Woman] How right they are to adore you.H4900H7323H310H4428H935H2315H1523H8055H2142H1730H3196H4339H1575I am dark but beautiful, O women of Jerusalem—dark as the tents of Kedar, dark as the curtains of Solomon’s tents.H7838H5000H1323H3389H168H6938H3407H80106Don’t stare at me because I am dark—the sun has darkened my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they forced me to care for their vineyards, so I couldn’t care for myself—my own vineyard.H7200H7840H8121H7805H517H1121H2787H7760H5201H3754H3754H52017Tell me, my love, where are you leading your flock today? Where will you rest your sheep at noon? For why should I wander like a prostitute among your friends and their flocks?H5046H5315H157H7462H349H7257H6672H4100H5844H5739H22708[Young Man] If you don’t know, O most beautiful woman, follow the trail of my flock, and graze your young goats by the shepherds’ tents.H3045H3303H802H3318H6119H6629H7462H1429H7462H49089You are as exciting, my darling, as a mare among Pharaoh’s stallions.H1819H7474H5484H6547H739310How lovely are your cheeks; your earrings set them afire! How lovely is your neck, enhanced by a string of jewels.H3895H4998H8447H6677H273711We will make for you earrings of gold and beads of silver.H6213H8447H2091H5351H370112[Young Woman] The king is lying on his couch, enchanted by the fragrance of my perfume.H4428H4524H5373H5414H738113My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.H6872H4753H1730H3885H769914He is like a bouquet of sweet henna blossoms from the vineyards of En-gedi.H1730H811H3724H3754H587215[Young Man] How beautiful you are, my darling, how beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.H3303H7474H3303H3123H586916[Young Woman] You are so handsome, my love, pleasing beyond words! The soft grass is our bed;H3303H1730H5273H6210H748817fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.H6982H1004H730H7351H7351H1266

Song of Songs 2

2[Young Woman] I am the spring crocus blooming on the Sharon Plain, the lily of the valley.H2261H8289H7799H6010 2[Young Man] Like a lily among thistles is my darling among young women.H7799H2336H7474H1323 3[Young Woman] Like the finest apple tree in the orchard is my lover among other young men. I sit in his delightful shade and taste his delicious fruit.H8598H6086H3293H1730H1121H3427H6738H2530H6529H4966H2441 4He escorts me to the banquet hall; it’s obvious how much he loves me.H935H3196H1004H1714H160 5Strengthen me with raisin cakes, refresh me with apples, for I am weak with love.H5564H809H7502H8598H2470H160 6His left arm is under my head, and his right arm embraces me.H8040H7218H3225H2263 7Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.H7650H1323H3389H6643H176H355H7704H5782H5782H160H2654 8Ah, I hear my lover coming! He is leaping over the mountains, bounding over the hills.H6963H1730H935H1801H2022H7092H1389 9My lover is like a swift gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he is behind the wall, looking through the window, peering into the room.H1730H1819H6643H6082H354H5975H310H3796H7688H2474H6692H2762 10My lover said to me, “Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!H1730H6030H559H6965H7474H3303H3212 11Look, the winter is past, and the rains are over and gone.H5638H5674H1653H2498H1980 12The flowers are springing up, the season of singing birds has come, and the cooing of turtledoves fills the air.H5339H7200H776H6256H2158H5060H6963H8449H8085H776 13The fig trees are forming young fruit, and the fragrant grapevines are blossoming. Rise up, my darling! Come away with me, my fair one!”H8384H2590H6291H1612H5563H5414H7381H6965H7474H3303H3212 14[Young Man] My dove is hiding behind the rocks, behind an outcrop on the cliff. Let me see your face; let me hear your voice. For your voice is pleasant, and your face is lovely. Young Women of JerusalemH3123H2288H5553H5643H4095H7200H4758H8085H6963H6156H6963H4758H5000 15Catch all the foxes, those little foxes, before they ruin the vineyard of love, for the grapevines are blossoming!H270H7776H6996H7776H2254H3754H3754H5563 16[Young Woman] My lover is mine, and I am his. He browses among the lilies.H1730H7462H7799 17Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, return to me, my love, like a gazelle or a young stag on the rugged mountains.H3117H6315H6752H5127H5437H1730H1819H6643H6082H354H2022H1336

Song of Songs 3

3[Young Woman] One night as I lay in bed, I yearned for my lover. I yearned for him, but he did not come.H3915H4904H1245H5315H157H1245H46722So I said to myself, “I will get up and roam the city, searching in all its streets and squares. I will search for the one I love.” So I searched everywhere but did not find him.H6965H5437H5892H7784H7339H1245H5315H157H1245H46723The watchmen stopped me as they made their rounds, and I asked, “Have you seen the one I love?”H8104H5437H5892H4672H7200H5315H1574Then scarcely had I left them when I found my love! I caught and held him tightly, then I brought him to my mother’s house, into my mother’s bed, where I had been conceived.H4592H5674H4672H5315H157H270H7503H935H517H1004H2315H20295Promise me, O women of Jerusalem, by the gazelles and wild deer, not to awaken love until the time is right.H7650H1323H3389H6643H176H355H7704H5782H5782H160H26546[Young Women of Jerusalem] Who is this sweeping in from the wilderness like a cloud of smoke? Who is it, fragrant with myrrh and frankincense and every kind of spice?H5927H4057H8490H6227H6999H4753H3828H81H74027Look, it is Solomon’s carriage, surrounded by sixty heroic men, the best of Israel’s soldiers.H4296H8010H8346H1368H5439H1368H34788They are all skilled swordsmen, experienced warriors. Each wears a sword on his thigh, ready to defend the king against an attack in the night.H270H2719H3925H4421H376H2719H3409H6343H39159King Solomon’s carriage is built of wood imported from Lebanon.H4428H8010H6213H668H6086H384410Its posts are silver, its canopy gold; its cushions are purple. It was decorated with love by the young women of Jerusalem.H6213H5982H3701H7507H2091H4817H713H8432H7528H160H1323H338911[Young Woman] Come out to see King Solomon, young women of Jerusalem. He wears the crown his mother gave him on his wedding day, his most joyous day.H3318H1323H6726H7200H4428H8010H5850H517H5849H3117H2861H3117H8057H3820

Song of Songs 4

4[Young Man] You are beautiful, my darling, beautiful beyond words. Your eyes are like doves behind your veil. Your hair falls in waves, like a flock of goats winding down the slopes of Gilead.H3303H7474H3303H3123H5869H1157H6777H8181H5739H5795H1570H2022H15682Your teeth are as white as sheep, recently shorn and freshly washed. Your smile is flawless, each tooth matched with its twin.H8127H5739H7094H5927H7367H8382H79093Your lips are like scarlet ribbon; your mouth is inviting. Your cheeks are like rosy pomegranates behind your veil.H8193H2339H8144H4057H5000H7541H6400H7416H1157H67774Your neck is as beautiful as the tower of David, jeweled with the shields of a thousand heroes.H6677H4026H1732H1129H8530H8518H505H4043H7982H13685Your breasts are like two fawns, twin fawns of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.H8147H7699H8147H6082H6646H8380H7462H77996Before the dawn breezes blow and the night shadows flee, I will hurry to the mountain of myrrh and to the hill of frankincense.H3117H6315H6752H5127H3212H2022H4753H1389H38287You are altogether beautiful, my darling, beautiful in every way.H3303H7474H39718Come with me from Lebanon, my bride, come with me from Lebanon. Come down from Mount Amana, from the peaks of Senir and Hermon, where the lions have their dens and leopards live among the hills.H935H3844H3618H3844H7789H7218H549H7218H8149H2768H738H4585H2042H52469You have captured my heart, my treasure, my bride. You hold it hostage with one glance of your eyes, with a single jewel of your necklace.H3823H269H3618H3823H259H5869H259H6060H667710Your love delights me, my treasure, my bride. Your love is better than wine, your perfume more fragrant than spices.H3302H1730H269H3618H2895H1730H3196H7381H8081H131411Your lips are as sweet as nectar, my bride. Honey and milk are under your tongue. Your clothes are scented like the cedars of Lebanon.H8193H3618H5197H5317H1706H2461H3956H7381H8008H7381H384412You are my private garden, my treasure, my bride, a secluded spring, a hidden fountain.H1588H5274H269H3618H1530H5274H4599H285613Your thighs shelter a paradise of pomegranates with rare spices—henna with nard,H7973H6508H7416H4022H6529H3724H537314nard and saffron, fragrant calamus and cinnamon, with all the trees of frankincense, myrrh, and aloes, and every other lovely spice.H5373H3750H7070H7076H6086H3828H4753H174H7218H131415You are a garden fountain, a well of fresh water streaming down from Lebanon’s mountains.H4599H1588H875H2416H4325H5140H384416[Young Woman] Awake, north wind! Rise up, south wind! Blow on my garden and spread its fragrance all around. Come into your garden, my love; taste its finest fruits.H5782H6828H935H8486H6315H1588H1314H5140H1730H935H1588H398H4022H6529

Psalms 11

11[For the choir director: A psalm of David.] I trust in the LORD for protection. So why do you say to me, "Fly like a bird to the mountains for safety!H5329H1732H3068H2620H559H5315H5110H6833H2022 2The wicked are stringing their bows and fitting their arrows on the bowstrings. They shoot from the shadows at those whose hearts are right.H7563H1869H7198H3559H2671H3499H652H1119H3384H3477H3820 3The foundations of law and order have collapsed. What can the righteous do?"H8356H2040H6662H6466 4But the LORD is in his holy Temple; the LORD still rules from heaven. He watches everyone closely, examining every person on earth.H3068H6944H1964H3068H3678H8064H5869H2372H6079H974H1121H120 5The LORD examines both the righteous and the wicked. He hates those who love violence.H3068H974H6662H7563H157H2555H5315H8130 6He will rain down blazing coals and burning sulfur on the wicked, punishing them with scorching winds.H7563H4305H6341H784H1614H2152H7307H4521H3563 7For the righteous LORD loves justice. The virtuous will see his face.H6662H3068H157H6666H6440H2372H3477