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I FOUND THE ONE MY HEART LOVES

Passage: SongofSongs 2:8~3:5

Key verse: 4a

⁸Listen! My beloved!
    Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
    bounding over the hills.^(A)
⁹My beloved is like a gazelle^(B) or a young stag.^(C)
    Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
    peering through the lattice.
¹⁰My beloved spoke and said to me,
    “Arise, my darling,
    my beautiful one, come with me.
¹¹See! The winter is past;
    the rains are over and gone.
¹²Flowers appear on the earth;
    the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
    is heard in our land.
¹³The fig tree forms its early fruit;^(D)
    the blossoming^(E) vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
    my beautiful one, come with me.”

He

¹⁴My dove^(F) in the clefts of the rock,
    in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
    let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
    and your face is lovely.^(G)
¹⁵Catch for us the foxes,^(H)
    the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,^(I)
    our vineyards that are in bloom.^(J)

She

¹⁶My beloved is mine and I am his;^(K)
    he browses among the lilies.^(L)
¹⁷Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,^(M)
turn, my beloved,^(N)
    and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag^(O)
    on the rugged hills.^[a]^(P)

3 All night long on my bed
    I looked^(Q) for the one my heart loves;
    I looked for him but did not find him.
²I will get up now and go about the city,
    through its streets and squares;
I will search for the one my heart loves.
    So I looked for him but did not find him.
³The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.^(R)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
⁴Scarcely had I passed them
    when I found the one my heart loves.
I held him and would not let him go
    till I had brought him to my mother’s house,^(S)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.^(T)
⁵Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you^(U)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.^(V)

Footnotes

Song of Songs 2:17 Or the hills of Bether

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Source: BibleGateway

1. Let me hear your voice (2:8-15)

Spring is a time of new life. The winter is past and everything blossoms. In the same way, the love of our Lord kindles life in his people. Trusting in the love of Jesus and believing in him is crossing over from death to life (Jn 5:24). At the same time, new life can be threatened. Just as a blooming vineyard can become ruined by little foxes, the life planted in us is also vulnerable. That is the time to turn to Jesus and call on him, for he loves us. He gives us the strength to catch the little foxes of sinful desires and protect our love relationship with him.

2. I will search for the one my heart loves (2:16-3:5)

When the bond of love is strong, there is no rest when lovers are apart. Love is a matter of heart. To love God is to seek him with all of our heart and to hold him with all of our strength (Dt 6:5).

Prayer: Lord, you are the one my heart loves. Help me to turn to you, call to you and hold on to you.

One Word: The one my heart loves

Daily Bread Data Base

Song_of_Solomon 1:1~2:7

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LET HIS BANNER OVER ME BE LOVE , 08/17 /2017
Song_of_Solomon 2:8~3:5

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Song_of_Solomon 2:8~3:5

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Bible Resource Data Base

Song_of_solomon 1:1~8:14

Song of Songs , Sarah Barry

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