Solomon’s Song of Songs
She[a]
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.
3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.
No wonder the young women love you!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.
Friends
We rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.
She
How right they are to adore you!
5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I had to neglect.
7 Tell me, you whom I love,
where you graze your flock
and where you rest your sheep at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled woman
beside the flocks of your friends?
Friends
8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds.
He
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.
11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver.
She
12 While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
resting between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi.
He
15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.
She
16 How handsome you are, my beloved!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.
He
17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.
Footnotes:
- Song of Songs 1:2 The main male and female speakers (identified primarily on the basis of the gender of the relevant Hebrew forms) are indicated by the captions He and She respectively. The words of others are marked Friends. In some instances the divisions and their captions are debatable.
5 comments:
Theary S.
You are still dreaming of Shakespeare, wine, love, lust ...sex and desires for more.
You are not yet completed the requirements that allow you to enter the Kingdom of heaven. You will soon die and will reborn ..(?). Until your heart is pure and clean from those you desire, you will be so happy and have peace. Now you are not and you do not have (*?). Solomon was so corrupted, he had 700 wives and thousand concubines, and he worshiped Idols not GOD.
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Saint Francis of Assisi prayed:
Lord, make me an instrument
of your peace,
where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is darkness, light;
and where there is sadness, joy.
O Divine Master,
grant that I may not so much seek
to be consoled as to console,
to be understood as to understand,
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive,
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned,
and it is in dying that we are
born to eternal life.
To the poster above
The requirement to enter into the Kingdom of God is not good deeds but faith alone in his Son, Jesus Christ.
Catholics seem to misunderstood that important point. Its not salvation by works, but salvation by faith and trust.
As far as Solomon is concern, he was not corrupted until the end of his reigned. But the wisdom that he left behind is to be desired. Becuase he was the wisest man ever live on this earth, bar none.
The Song of Solomon is about God and his chosen bride who are pure in his sight. God is an affectionate God. He expressed his love for the daughter of Zion, Israel.
Also if you are a Catholic, Catholic church is guilty of being in idolatry worship. I don't exalt Mary, neither do I exalt the Pope.
8;17pm
GOD's works are so mysteries, so do not claim to know HIM or HIS works.
HE came down from heaven. He was in His mother(Mary)'s womb for 9 months and HE shared the blood through His mother's uterus. His mother was a Model, that the Catholic see GOD through her. You love GOD (Christ), but you discard His mother whom He chose to carry Him? This is very in-Biblical.
Mary was a blessed woman, GOD chose her to carry Him. Everything that related to HIM(GOD/Christ), we must not discard. One cannot love HIM but hate His mother. One cannot love someone but does not care about his or her parents. Your attitude toward GOD(Christ) is like slapping GOD by saying "I Love you Lord, but I hate Your mother whom You chose to carry you."
Mary is a MODEL, so do not forget that.
Catholic is not guilty, but the people within the ring were sinners and sinners are in almost everyone's heart such as yourself. Saint Francis Assisi was called to rebuild the Church (not physically build), but to spread GOD's works by living poor and serve the poor.
None of us know will we go to heaven or hell or reborn, but certainly FAITH Alone is not enough.
Faith alone is not enough 2 Peter 1.1-15.
Theary Seng is ignorant about Catholic.
She shouldn't condemn anyone but save herself better.
Catholics do not worship Mary, but they pray GOD through her. She is a model like Jeremiah said.
The Intercession of Mary (Blessed Mother) is powerful.
In the Bible we see Mary was always with her son, Lord Jesus, until He was crucified on the Cross.
I pray God and I pray Blessed Mary to pray God for me too.
Yes God's works are very mysteries, like Sultan of Brunei said "God bless him and his country" and believe or not he has Mary status because he believes Mary was a Blessed woman raised by God (Allah), though he believes that Jesus Christ was only a Prophet. Some Muslims believe that God is in Jesus perform miracles.
Where is my valentine?
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