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(A)I adjure you, (B)O daughters of Jerusalem,
    (C)by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
    until it pleases.

Solomon Arrives for the Wedding

(D)What is that coming up from the wilderness
    like (E)columns of smoke,
perfumed with (F)myrrh and frankincense,
    with all the fragrant powders of a merchant?
Behold, it is the litter[a] of Solomon!
Around it are (G)sixty (H)mighty men,
    some of the mighty men of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:7 That is, the couch on which servants carry a king