the church's love unto Christ,1-4. She confesses her deformity,5,6 and prays to be directed, to his flock,7 Christ directs her to the shepherd's tents,8; and shewing his love to her,9,10 gives her gracious promises,11. the church and Christ congratulate one another,12-17 Song Isa 5:1

solomon's 1Ki 4:32

2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.

him 5:16 8:1 Ge 26:26,27 29:11 45:15 Ps 2:12 Lu 15:20 Ac 21:7 1Pe 5:14

thy love 1:4 2:4 4:10 7:6,9,12 8:2 Ps 36:7 63:3-5 Isa 25:6 55:1,2 Mt 26:26

3 Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.

the saviour 3:6 4:10 5:5,13 Ex 30:23-28 Ps 45:7,8 133:2 Pr 27:9 Ec 7:1 Isa 61:3 Joh 12:3 2Co 2:14-16 Php 4:18

thy name Ex 33:12,19 34:5-7 Ps 89:15,16 Isa 9:6,7 Jer 23:5,6 Mt 1:21-23 Php 2:9,10

the virgins 6:8 Ps 45:14 Mt 25:1 2Co 11:2 Re 14:4

4 Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

draw Jer 31:3 Ho 11:4 Joh 6:44 12:32 Php 2:12,13

we will Ps 119:32,60 Heb 12:1

the king 2:3-5 3:4 Ps 45:14 Mt 25:10 Joh 14:2,3 Eph 2:6

we will be Ps 98:4-9 149:2 Isa 25:8 45:25 61:3 Zep 3:14 Zec 9:9 Lu 2:10 Php 3:3 4:4 1Pe 1:8

remember 1:2 Ps 42:4 48:9 63:5 103:1,2 111:4 Isa 63:7 Lu 22:19 1Co 11:23-26

the upright love thee 1:3 Joh 21:15-17 Eph 6:24

5 I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.

black Isa 53:2 Mt 10:25 1Co 4:10-13 1Jo 3:1

comely Ps 90:17 149:4 Isa 61:10 Eze 16:14 Mt 22:1 Lu 15:22 Ro 13:14 2Co 5:21 Eph 5:26

o ye Ps 45:9 Lu 13:34 Ga 4:26

as the tents Ps 120:5

6 Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.

look Ru 1:19-21

because Job 30:30 Jer 8:21 La 4:8 Mr 4:6 Ac 14:22

my mother's Ps 69:8 Jer 12:6 Mic 7:6 Mt 10:22,25,35,36 Lu 12:51-53 Ga 4:29

keeper 8:11,12

7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

o thou 2:3 3:1-4 5:8,10,16 Ps 18:1 116:1 Isa 5:1 26:9 Mt 10:37 Joh 21:17 1Pe 1:8 2:7

thou feedest Ge 37:16 Ps 23:1,2 80:1 Isa 40:11 Mic 5:4 Joh 10:11,28,29 Re 7:17

for 1Sa 12:20,21 Ps 28:1 Joh 6:67-69 1Jo 2:19

turneth aside Col 3:14-18

8 If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

o thou 1:15 2:10 4:1,7,10 5:9 6:1,4-10 7:1 Ps 16:3 45:11,13 Eph 5:27 Re 19:7,8

go Pr 8:34 Jer 6:16 1Co 11:1 Heb 6:12 11:4 13:7 Jas 2:21,25 5:10 1Pe 3:6

feed Joh 21:15

9 I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.

o my 2:2,10,13 4:1,7 5:2 6:4 Joh 15:14,15

to a 1Ki 10:28 2Ch 1:14-17 Isa 31:1

10 Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.

thy cheeks Ge 24:22,47 Isa 3:18-21 Eze 16:11-13 2Pe 1:3,4

thy neck 4:9 Ge 41:42 Nu 31:50 Pr 1:9 1Pe 3:4

11 We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.

8:9 Ge 1:26 Ps 149:4 Eph 5:25-27 Php 3:21

12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.

the king 7:5 Ps 45:1 Mt 22:11 25:34

sitteth 4:16 Mt 22:4 26:26-28 Lu 24:30-32 Re 3:20

my 4:13-16 Joh 12:3 Php 4:18 Re 8:3,4

13 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.

bundle 4:6,14 5:1,5,13 Ge 43:11 Ps 45:8 Joh 19:39

he shall 2:7 3:5 8:3,4 Eph 3:17

14 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.

beloved 1:13 2:3

camphire 4:13,14

en-gedi Jos 15:62 1Sa 23:29 24:1

15 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.

thou art fair 1:8 4:1,7,10 5:12 7:6

my love Mal 2:14

thou hast 4:1 5:12 2Co 11:2,3 Eph 1:17,18

16 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.

thou art 2:3 5:10-16 Ps 45:2 Zec 9:17 Php 3:8,9 Re 5:11-13

also 3:7 Ps 110:3

17 The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.

beams 8:9 2Ch 2:8,9 Ps 92:12 1Ti 3:15,16 Heb 11:10 1Pe 2:4,5

rafters 7:5 Eze 41:16 42:3