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Sunday, May 5th, 2024
the <>Sixth Sunday after Easter
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Song of Solomon 7

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Solomon's Praise of His Dancing Maiden

1 How beautiful are your feet in sandals,
    O royal princess![a]
The curves of your thighs[b] are like jewels,[c]
    the work of the hands of a craftsman.
2 Your navel is a round wine-mixing bowl[d]
    that does not lack mixed[e] wine!
Your belly is a heap of wheat
    encircled with lilies.
3 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
    twins of a gazelle.
4 Your neck is like a tower of ivory;
    your eyes are pools in Heshbon at the gate of Beth Rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
    looking out over Damascus.[f]
5 Your head crowns you like Carmel;[g][h]
    the flowing locks of your head are like purple tapestry;[i]
        a king is held captive in the tresses!
6 How beautiful you are and how pleasant,
    O loved one in the delights!
7 Your stature[j] is like the palm tree,
    and your breasts are like clusters.
8 I say, "I will climb up the palm tree;
    I will lay hold of its fruit clusters."
Let your breasts be pleasing like clusters of the vine
    and the scent of your breath like the apples.
9 Your palate is like the best wine that goes down for my beloved,
    smoothly gliding over my lips and teeth.[k]

Mutual Possession Refrain

10 I belong to my beloved,[l]
    and he desires me![m]

Rendezvous in the Countryside

11 Come, my beloved, let us go out to the countryside;[n]
    let us spend the night[o] in the villages.
12 Let us rise early to go[p] to the vineyards;
    let us see whether the vine has budded,[q]
whether the grape blossom has opened,
    and whether the pomegranates are in bloom;[r]
there I will give my love to you.
13 The mandrakes give off their fragrance,
    and over our doorway is every kind of delicious fruit;[s]
both fresh and dried fruit I have stored up[t] for you, O my beloved.

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