The Bride Confesses Her Love (Ephesians 5:22–33; 1 Peter 3:1–7)
The Bride 2 CPDV Bride: May he kiss me with the kiss of his mouth.. Groom to Bride: So much better than wine are your breasts, BSB BSB: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is more delightful than wine.
3 CPDV fragranced with the finest perfumes. Bride to Groom: Your name is oil that has been poured out; therefore, the maidens have loved you. BSB BSB: The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
4 CPDV Draw me forward. Chorus to Bride: We will run after you in the odor of your perfumes. Bride to Chorus: The king has led me into his storerooms. Chorus to Bride: We will exult and rejoice in you, remembering your breasts above wine. Groom to Bride: The righteous love you. BSB BSB: Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
The Friends The Bride 5 CPDV Bride to Chorus: O daughters of Jerusalem: I am black, but shapely, like the tabernacles of Kedar, like the tents of Solomon. BSB BSB: I am dark, yet lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon.
6 CPDV Do not be concerned that I am dark, for the sun has changed my color. The sons of my mother have fought against me. They have made me the keeper of the vineyards. My own vineyard I have not kept. BSB BSB: Do not stare because I am dark, for the sun has gazed upon me. My mother’s sons were angry with me; they made me a keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have neglected.
7 CPDV Bride to Groom: Reveal to me, you whom my soul loves, where you pasture, where you recline at midday, lest I begin to wander after the flocks of your companions. BSB BSB: Tell me, O one I love, where do you pasture your sheep? Where do you rest them at midday? Why should I be like a veiled woman beside the flocks of your companions?
The Friends 8 CPDV Groom to Bride: If you yourself do not know, O most beautiful among women, then go out and follow after the steps of the flocks, and pasture your young goats beside the tabernacles of the shepherds. BSB BSB: If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
The Bridegroom 9 CPDV O my love, I have compared you to my company of horsemen against the chariots of Pharaoh. BSB BSB: I compare you, my darling, to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.
10 CPDV Your cheeks are beautiful, like those of a turtledove. Your neck is like a bejeweled collar. BSB BSB: Your cheeks are beautiful with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels.
The Friends 11 CPDV Chorus to Bride: We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver. BSB BSB: We will make you ornaments of gold, studded with beads of silver.
The Bride 12 CPDV Bride to Chorus: While the king was taking his rest, my aromatic ointment sent forth its odor. BSB BSB: While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 CPDV My beloved is a bundle of myrrh to me. He shall abide between my breasts. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
14 CPDV My beloved is a cluster of Cyprus grapes to me, in the vineyards of Engaddi. BSB BSB: My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms in the vineyards of En-gedi.
The Bridegroom 15 CPDV Groom to Bride: Behold, you are beautiful, O my love. Behold, you are beautiful. Your eyes are those of a dove. BSB BSB: How beautiful you are, my darling! Oh, how very beautiful! Your eyes are like doves.
The Bride 16 CPDV Bride to Groom: Behold, you are handsome, O my beloved, and graceful. Our bed is flourishing. BSB BSB: How handsome you are, my beloved! Oh, how delightful! The soft grass is our bed.
The Bridegroom 17 CPDV Groom to Bride: The timbers of our houses are of cedar; our ceilings are of cypress. BSB BSB: The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are fragrant firs.
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