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.