22:001:005 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters
of Jerusalem, as the
tents
of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
22:001:006 Look not upon me, because I am black, because
the sun hath
looked
upon me: my mother’s children were angry
with me; they
made
me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard
have
I not kept.
22:001:007 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where
thou feedest, where
thou
makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should
I be as
one
that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
22:001:008 If thou know not, O thou fairest among
women, go thy way forth
by
the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside
the
shepherds’
tents.
22:001:009 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company
of horses in
Pharaoh’s
chariots.
22:001:010 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels,
thy neck with
chains
of gold.
22:001:011 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
22:001:012 While the king sitteth at his table, my
spikenard sendeth
forth
the smell thereof.
22:001:013 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto
me; he shall lie all
night
betwixt my breasts.
22:001:014 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire
in the
vineyards
of Engedi.
22:001:015 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold,
thou art fair; thou
hast
doves’ eyes.
22:001:016 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea,
pleasant: also our bed
is
green.
22:001:017 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
22:002:001 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
22:002:002 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.
22:002:003 As the apple tree among the trees of the
wood, so is my
beloved
among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with
great
delight,
and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
22:002:004 He brought me to the banqueting house,
and his banner over me
was
love.
22:002:005 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples:
for I am sick of
love.
22:002:006 His left hand is under my head, and his
right hand doth
embrace
me.
22:002:007 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem,
by the roes, and by
the
hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake
my
love,
till he please.
22:002:008 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh
leaping upon the
mountains,
skipping upon the hills.
22:002:009 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart:
behold, he standeth
behind
our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing
himself
through the lattice.


