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Like the tower of David,
your neck is adorned with rows of stones.[a]
A thousand shields hang on it,
all of them the equipment of warriors.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
twins of a gazelle, that browse among the lilies.

Until the day breathes and the shadows flee,
I will go to the mountain of myrrh,
and to the hill of incense.

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  1. Song of Songs 4:4 Or adorned with elegance. The meaning is uncertain.

Your neck is like the tower(A) of David,
    built with courses of stone[a];
on it hang a thousand shields,(B)
    all of them shields of warriors.
Your breasts(C) are like two fawns,
    like twin fawns of a gazelle(D)
    that browse among the lilies.(E)
Until the day breaks
    and the shadows flee,(F)
I will go to the mountain of myrrh(G)
    and to the hill of incense.

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  1. Song of Songs 4:4 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.