2. Expressions of Mutual Love 1:9-2:7
Son 1:9
I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.Son 1:10
Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.Son 1:11
We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.Son 1:12
While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.Son 1:13
A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.Son 1:14
My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.Son 1:15
Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.Son 1:16
Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.Son 1:17
The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.Son 2:1
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.Son 2:2
As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.Son 2:3
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.Son 2:4
He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.Son 2:5
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.Son 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.Son 2:7
I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.