1 Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.
2 I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.
3 The watchers who guard the city found me: “Have you seen him whom my soul loves?”
4 When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.
5 Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.
6 Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?
7 Chorus to Bride: Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon,
8 all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.
9 Bride to Chorus: King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon.
10 He made its columns of silver, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.
11 O daughters of Zion, go forth and see king Solomon with the diadem with which his mother crowned him, on the day of his espousal, on the day of the rejoicing of his heart.
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Songs 3 is a chapter in which the bride is looking for the groom. She seeks tirelessly through the streets and squares of the city, but does not find him. Finally, he finds him and takes him to his house, where they spend the night together. The chosen verses are:
Proverbs 8:17: "I love those who love me; those who seek me find me." The bride's search for the groom in songs 3 is a reflection of the desire of the human heart by God. Those who seek God with all their hearts will certainly find Him.
Jeremiah 29:13: "You will seek me and find me when you look for me with all your heart." God promises to be present for those who seek him, and the bride's pursuit of the groom in songs 3 is a powerful image of this search.
Matthew 7:7: "Ask, and shall be given to them; seek, and will find it; beat, and the door will open them." Jesus promises that those who seek to find. The bride's search for the groom in songs 3 is an image of this type of search.
Psalm 42:1-2: "As the doe longs for current waters, my soul longs for you, O God. My soul is thirsty for God, of the living God." The bride's search for the groom in songs 3 is an image of the yearning of the human heart by God.
Proverbs 18:22: "Whoever finds a wife finds something excellent; received a blessing from the Lord." The relationship between the bride and the groom in songs 3 is a reflection of the love and intimacy that God wants to have with his people. He blesses them with the joy and happiness that come with an intimate and loving relationship.
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