1Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.

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Isaiah 57:15, Isaiah 57:15, Hosea 14:5, Hosea 14:5, Isaiah 35:1

2Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.

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1 Peter 2:12, 1 Peter 2:12, Matthew 10:16, Isaiah 55:13, Philippians 2:15

3Bride to Chorus: Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat beneath the shadow of the one whom I desired, and his fruit was sweet to my palate.

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Song of Solomon 8:5, Song of Solomon 8:5, Isaiah 25:4, Isaiah 32:2, Hebrews 1:1

4He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.

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Song of Solomon 1:4, Song of Solomon 1:4, Romans 8:28, Romans 8:39, John 15:9

5Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.

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Song of Solomon 5:8, Song of Solomon 5:8, Hosea 3:1, 2 Samuel 6:19, Hosea 3:1

6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

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Zephaniah 3:17, Zephaniah 3:17, Isaiah 54:5, Isaiah 54:10, Isaiah 54:5

7Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, even for as long as she wills.

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Song of Solomon 3:5, Song of Solomon 3:5, Song of Solomon 8:4, Song of Solomon 8:4, Song of Solomon 1:5

8Bride to Chorus: The voice of my beloved! Behold, he arrives leaping along the mountains, jumping across the hills.

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John 10:27, John 10:27, John 3:29, Revelation 3:20, Song of Solomon 2:17

9My beloved is like a doe and like a young stag.

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Song of Solomon 8:14, Song of Solomon 8:14, Song of Solomon 2:17, Song of Solomon 2:17, Colossians 2:17

10Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.

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Song of Solomon 2:13, Song of Solomon 4:7, Song of Solomon 4:8, Song of Solomon 2:13, Song of Solomon 4:7

11Lo, my beloved speaks to me:

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Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2, Isaiah 60:1, Isaiah 60:2, Ecclesiastes 3:11

12Groom to Bride: Rise up, quickly, my love, my dove, my shapely one, and advance.

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Isaiah 55:12, Isaiah 55:12, Colossians 3:16, Colossians 3:16, Psalms 148:7

13For winter has now past; the rain has decreased and gone away.

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Song of Solomon 2:10, Song of Solomon 2:10, Isaiah 55:10, Isaiah 55:11, Song of Solomon 7:11

14The flowers have appeared in our land; the time for pruning has arrived. The voice of the turtledove has been heard in our land.

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Song of Solomon 1:5, Ezra 9:5, Ezra 9:6, Song of Solomon 1:5, Ezra 9:5

15The fig tree has brought forth its green figs; the flowering vines bestow their odor. Rise up, my love, my brilliant one, and advance.

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Luke 13:32, Luke 13:32, 2 Peter 2:1, 2 Peter 2:3, 2 Peter 2:1

16My dove in the clefts of the rock, in the hollows of the wall, reveal to me your face. Let your voice sound in my ears. For your voice is sweet, and your face is graceful.

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Song of Solomon 6:3, Song of Solomon 6:3, Song of Solomon 7:10, Song of Solomon 7:10, Psalms 63:1

17Chorus to Groom and Bride: Capture for us the little foxes, which are tearing down the vines; for our vineyard has flourished. Bride to Chorus: My beloved is for me, and I am for him. He pastures among the lilies, until the day rises and the shadows decline. Bride to Groom: Return, O my beloved. Be like a doe and like a young stag upon the mountains of Bether.

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Song of Solomon 4:6, Song of Solomon 4:6, Romans 13:12, Hebrews 8:5, Hebrews 10:1