Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and the wild does of the field:
do not stir up or awaken love
until the appropriate time.[a](A)

N What is this(B) coming up from the wilderness
like columns of smoke,
scented with myrrh and frankincense(C)
from every fragrant powder of the merchant?
It is Solomon’s royal litter[b]
surrounded by 60 warriors
from the mighty of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 3:5 Lit until it pleases
  2. Song of Solomon 3:7 A conveyance carried on the shoulders of servants

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