The Bride

“I was asleep but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, (A)my sister, my darling,
(B)My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is [a]drenched with dew,
My (C)locks with the dew drops of the night.’

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:2 Lit filled

But (A)my dove, my perfect one, is [a]unique:
She is her mother’s [b]only daughter;
She is the pure child of the one who gave birth to her.
The [c](B)young women saw her and called her [d]blessed,
The (C)queens and the concubines also, and they praised her, saying,

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit one
  2. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit one
  3. Song of Solomon 6:9 Lit daughters
  4. Song of Solomon 6:9 Or happy

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