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LET HIS BANNER OVER ME BE LOVE

Passage: SongofSongs 1:1~2:7

Key verse: 2:4

1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.^(A)

She^[a]

²Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
    for your love^(B) is more delightful than wine.^(C)
³Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;^(D)
    your name^(E) is like perfume poured out.
    No wonder the young women^(F) love you!
⁴Take me away with you—let us hurry!
    Let the king bring me into his chambers.^(G)

Friends

We rejoice and delight^(H) in you^[b];
we will praise your love^(I) more than wine.

She

How right they are to adore you!

⁵Dark am I, yet lovely,^(J)
    daughters of Jerusalem,^(K)
dark like the tents of Kedar,^(L)
    like the tent curtains of Solomon.^[c]
⁶Do 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;^(M)
    my own vineyard I had to neglect.
⁷Tell me, you whom I love,
    where you graze your flock
    and where you rest your sheep^(N) at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled^(O) woman
    beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends

⁸If you do not know, most beautiful of women,^(P)
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds.

He

⁹I liken you, my darling, to a mare
    among Pharaoh’s chariot horses.^(Q)
¹⁰Your cheeks^(R) are beautiful with earrings,
    your neck with strings of jewels.^(S)
¹¹We will make you earrings of gold,
    studded with silver.

She

¹²While the king was at his table,
    my perfume spread its fragrance.^(T)
¹³My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh^(U)
    resting between my breasts.
¹⁴My beloved^(V) is to me a cluster of henna^(W) blossoms
    from the vineyards of En Gedi.^(X)

He

¹⁵How beautiful^(Y) you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.^(Z)

She

¹⁶How handsome you are, my beloved!^(AA)
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.

He

¹⁷The beams of our house are cedars;^(AB)
our rafters are firs.

She^[d]

2 I am a rose^[e]^(AC) of Sharon,^(AD)
a lily^(AE) of the valleys.

He

²Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the young women.

She

³Like an apple^[f] tree among the trees of the forest
    is my beloved^(AF) among the young men.
I delight^(AG) to sit in his shade,
    and his fruit is sweet to my taste.^(AH)
⁴Let him lead me to the banquet hall,^(AI)
    and let his banner^(AJ) over me be love.
⁵Strengthen me with raisins,
    refresh me with apples,^(AK)
    for I am faint with love.^(AL)
⁶His left arm is under my head,
    and his right arm embraces me.^(AM)
⁷Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(AN)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(AO)

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.
Song of Songs 1:4 The Hebrew is masculine singular.
Song of Songs 1:5 Or Salma
Song of Songs 2:1 Or He
Song of Songs 2:1 Probably a member of the crocus family
Song of Songs 2:3 Or possibly apricot; here and elsewhere in Song of Songs

Cross references

Song of Songs 1:1 : S 1Ki 4:32; Ps 45 Title
Song of Songs 1:2 : ver 4; SS 4:10; 8:6
Song of Songs 1:2 : S Ge 14:18; S Jdg 9:13
Song of Songs 1:3 : S Est 2:12; S Ps 45:8
Song of Songs 1:3 : S Ecc 7:1
Song of Songs 1:3 : Ps 45:14
Song of Songs 1:4 : Ps 45:15
Song of Songs 1:4 : SS 2:3
Song of Songs 1:4 : S ver 2
Song of Songs 1:5 : SS 2:14; 4:3
Song of Songs 1:5 : SS 5:16
Song of Songs 1:5 : S Ge 25:13
Song of Songs 1:6 : SS 2:15; 7:12; 8:12
Song of Songs 1:7 : Isa 13:20
Song of Songs 1:7 : S Ge 24:65
Song of Songs 1:8 : SS 5:9; 6:1
Song of Songs 1:9 : 2Ch 1:17
Song of Songs 1:10 : SS 5:13
Song of Songs 1:10 : Isa 61:10
Song of Songs 1:12 : SS 4:11-14
Song of Songs 1:13 : S Ge 37:25
Song of Songs 1:14 : ver 16; SS 2:3, 17; 5:8
Song of Songs 1:14 : SS 4:13
Song of Songs 1:14 : S 1Sa 23:29; S 2Ch 20:2
Song of Songs 1:15 : SS 4:7; 7:6
Song of Songs 1:15 : Ps 74:19; SS 2:14; 4:1; 5:2, 12; 6:9; Jer 48:28
Song of Songs 1:16 : S ver 14
Song of Songs 1:17 : 1Ki 6:9
Song of Songs 2:1 : Isa 35:1
Song of Songs 2:1 : S 1Ch 27:29
Song of Songs 2:1 : SS 5:13; Hos 14:5
Song of Songs 2:3 : S SS 1:14
Song of Songs 2:3 : SS 1:4
Song of Songs 2:3 : SS 4:16
Song of Songs 2:4 : Est 1:11
Song of Songs 2:4 : S Nu 1:52
Song of Songs 2:5 : SS 7:8
Song of Songs 2:5 : SS 5:8
Song of Songs 2:6 : SS 8:3
Song of Songs 2:7 : SS 5:8
Song of Songs 2:7 : SS 3:5; 8:4

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1. Like a lily among thorns. (1:1-2:2)

This book is a beautiful expression of love, seen as not only that of human love, but also a description of God's love for Israel as well as Christ's love for the church, his bride. God's people rejoice in his love and long for him. No one deserves such love, but when we seek him we learn that he loves us, each one, like a lily among thorns.

2. Let him lead me. (2:3-7)

To be led by the one who loves us is our hope. To sit at the feast in the kingdom of God is eternal joy. We can never express our love rightly unless we place our complete trust in God who leads us. His banner over us is love. He sent Christ to cover all of our sins and lead us to his heavenly banquet. The gospel awakens us to the great love of God when we are led by it.

Prayer: Lord, thank you for your love. Help me to be awakened and led by your love.

One Word: Be led by the banner of love

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LET HIS BANNER OVER ME BE LOVE

Passage: SongofSongs 1:1~2:7

Key verse: 2:4

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Friends

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Friends

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She[d]

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Footnotes

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