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(A)The watchmen who go about the city found me,
And I said, ‘Have you seen him whom my soul loves?’
(B)Scarcely had I passed them by
When I found him whom my soul loves;
I (C)seized him and would not let him go
Until I had (D)brought him to my mother’s house,
And into the chamber of her who conceived me.”

[a]I (E)call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the (F)gazelles or by the hinds of the field,
That you do not arouse or awaken my love
Until [b]she pleases.”

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Songs 3:5 BRIDEGROOM
  2. Song of Songs 3:5 Or it

The watchmen found me
    as they made their rounds in the city.(A)
    “Have you seen the one my heart loves?”
Scarcely 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,(B)
    to the room of the one who conceived me.(C)
Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you(D)
    by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
    until it so desires.(E)

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