The Bride’s Dream 1 UDB During the entire night while I lay on my bed, I was longing to see the one I love with all my heart. I wanted him to come, but he did not. BSB BSB: On my bed at night I sought the one I love; I sought him, but did not find him.
2 UDB So I said to myself, "I will get up now and walk around the city, through the streets and plazas, to search for the one whom I love with all my heart." So I got up and went out to look for him, but I could not find him. BSB BSB: I will arise now and go about the city, through the streets and squares. I will seek the one I love. So I sought him but did not find him.
3 UDB The city watchmen saw me while they were patrolling in the city. I asked them, "Have you seen the one whom I love with all my heart?" BSB BSB: I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 UDB As soon as I walked past them, I found the one whom I love with all my heart. I clung to him and would not let him go until I brought him to my mother's house, to the room where my mother had conceived me. BSB BSB: I had just passed them when I found the one I love. I held him and would not let go until I had brought him to my mother’s house, to the chamber of the one who conceived me.
5 UDB You women of Jerusalem, solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not disturb us while we are making love until we are ready to stop. BSB BSB: O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you by the gazelles and does of the field: Do not arouse or awaken love until the time is right.
Solomon Arrives on His Wedding Day 6 UDB What is that I see coming from the wilderness, something that is stirring up dust like a column of smoke like smoke from burning myrrh and incense made from spices imported by merchants? BSB BSB: Who is this coming up from the wilderness like a column of smoke, scented with myrrh and frankincense from all the spices of the merchant?
7 UDB It is Solomon's litter carried by servants and surrounded by sixty bodyguards chosen from the strongest soldiers in Israel. BSB BSB: Behold, it is Solomon’s carriage, escorted by sixty of the mightiest men of Israel.
8 UDB They all have swords and they all are trained to use them. Each one has his sword strapped to his side and is prepared for dangers that can happen during the night or day. BSB BSB: All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
9 UDB King Solomon commanded his servants to make that litter for him; it was made with wood from Lebanon. BSB BSB: King Solomon has made his carriage out of the timber of Lebanon.
10 UDB The canopy that covered it was held up by silver posts, and the back of the litter was embroidered with gold. The seat was covered with purple cloth lovingly made by the women of Jerusalem. BSB BSB: He has made its posts of silver, its base of gold, its seat of purple fabric. Its interior is inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 UDB You women of Jerusalem, come and look at King Solomon wearing the headdress that his mother put on his head on the day when he was married, the happiest day of his life. BSB BSB: Come out, O daughters of Zion, and gaze at King Solomon, wearing the crown with which his mother crowned him on the day of his wedding—the day of his heart’s rejoicing.
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