By night{H3915} on my bed{H4904} I sought{H1245} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth:{H157} I sought{H1245} him, but I found{H4672} him not.

[ I said], I will rise{H6965} now, and go about{H5437} the city;{H5892} In the streets{H7784} and in the broad ways{H7339} I will seek{H1245} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth:{H157} I sought{H1245} him, but I found{H4672} him not.

The watchmen{H8104} that go about{H5437} the city{H5892} found{H4672} me; [To whom I said], Saw{H7200} ye him whom my soul{H5315} loveth?{H157}

It was but a little{H4592} that I passed{H5674} from them, When I found{H4672} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth:{H157} I held{H270} him, and would not let him go,{H7503} Until I had brought{H935} him into my mother's{H517} house,{H1004} And into the chamber{H2315} of her that conceived{H2029} me.

I adjure{H7650} you, O daughters{H1323} of Jerusalem,{H3389} By the roes,{H6643} or{H176} by the hinds{H355} of the field,{H7704} That ye stir not up,{H5782} nor awake{H5782} [my] love,{H160} Until he please.{H2654}

Who is this that cometh{H5927} up from the wilderness{H4057} Like pillars{H8490} of smoke,{H6227} Perfumed{H6999} with myrrh{H4753} and frankincense,{H3828} With all powders{H81} of the merchant?{H7402}

Behold, it is the{H8010} litter{H4296} Threescore{H8346} mighty{H1368} men are about{H5439} it, Of the mighty{H1368} men of Israel.{H3478}

They all handle{H270} the sword,{H2719} [and] are expert{H3925} in war:{H4421} Every man{H376} hath his sword{H2719} upon his thigh,{H3409} Because of fear{H6343} in the night.{H3915}

King{H4428} Solomon{H8010} made{H6213} himself a palanquin{H668} Of the wood{H6086} of Lebanon.{H3844}

He made{H6213} the pillars{H5982} thereof of silver,{H3701} The bottom{H7507} thereof of gold,{H2091} the seat{H4817} of it of purple,{H713} The midst{H8432} thereof being paved{H7528} with love,{H160} From the daughters{H1323} of Jerusalem.{H3389}

Go forth,{H3318} O ye daughters{H1323} of Zion,{H6726} and behold{H7200} king{H4428} Solomon,{H8010} With the crown{H5850} wherewith his mother{H517} hath crowned{H5849} him In the day{H3117} of his espousals,{H2861} And in the day{H3117} of the gladness{H8057} of his heart.{H3820}