1 By night{H3915} on my bed{H4904} I sought{H1245}{(H8765)} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth{H157}{(H8804)}: I sought{H1245}{(H8765)} him, but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} him not.

2 I will rise{H6965}{(H8799)} now, and go about{H5437}{(H8779)} the city{H5892} in the streets{H7784}, and in the broad ways{H7339} I will seek{H1245}{(H8762)} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth{H157}{(H8804)}: I sought{H1245}{(H8765)} him, but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} him not.

3 The watchmen{H8104}{(H8802)} that go about{H5437}{(H8802)} the city{H5892} found{H4672}{(H8804)} me: to whom I said, Saw{H7200}{(H8804)} ye him whom my soul{H5315} loveth{H157}{(H8804)}?

4 It was but a little{H4592} that I passed{H5674}{(H8804)} from them, but I found{H4672}{(H8804)} him whom my soul{H5315} loveth{H157}{(H8804)}: I held{H270}{(H8804)} him, and would not let him go{H7503}{(H8686)}, until I had brought{H935}{(H8689)} him into my mother's{H517} house{H1004}, and into the chamber{H2315} of her that conceived{H2029}{(H8802)} me.

5 I charge{H7650}{(H8689)} you, O ye daughters{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389}, by the roes{H6643}, and{H176} by the hinds{H355} of the field{H7704}, that ye stir not up{H5782}{(H8686)}, nor awake{H5782}{(H8787)} my love{H160}, till he please{H2654}{(H8799)}.

6 Who is this that cometh{H5927}{(H8802)} out of the wilderness{H4057} like pillars{H8490} of smoke{H6227}, perfumed{H6999}{(H8794)} with myrrh{H4753} and frankincense{H3828}, with all powders{H81} of the merchant{H7402}{(H8802)}?

7 Behold his bed{H4296}, which is Solomon's{H8010}; threescore{H8346} valiant{H1368} men are about{H5439} it, of the valiant{H1368} of Israel{H3478}.

8 They all hold{H270}{(H8803)} swords{H2719}, being expert{H3925}{(H8794)} in war{H4421}: every man{H376} hath his sword{H2719} upon his thigh{H3409} because of fear{H6343} in the night{H3915}.

9 King{H4428} Solomon{H8010} made{H6213}{(H8804)} himself a chariot{H668} of the wood{H6086} of Lebanon{H3844}.

10 He made{H6213}{(H8804)} the pillars{H5982} thereof of silver{H3701}, the bottom{H7507} thereof of gold{H2091}, the covering{H4817} of it of purple{H713}, the midst{H8432} thereof being paved{H7528}{(H8803)} with love{H160}, for the daughters{H1323} of Jerusalem{H3389}.

11 Go forth{H3318}{(H8798)}, O ye daughters{H1323} of Zion{H6726}, and behold{H7200}{(H8798)} king{H4428} Solomon{H8010} with the crown{H5850} wherewith his mother{H517} crowned{H5849}{(H8765)} him in the day{H3117} of his espousals{H2861}, and in the day{H3117} of the gladness{H8057} of his heart{H3820}.