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My beloved has gone down to his garden,
    to the garden bed of the spice,
        to pasture his flock and to gather lilies in the garden.

Mutual Possession Refrain

I belong to my beloved and he belongs to me;[a]
    he pastures his flock among the lilies.

Solomon’s Praise of His Beloved

You are beautiful, my beloved, as Tirzah,
    lovely as Jerusalem,
        overwhelming as an army with banners.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:3 Literally “I for my beloved and he for me”
  2. Song of Solomon 6:4 Literally “terrible as the bannered ones”