微读圣经

In my bed at night Or bed night after night

I sought the one I love; Sg 1:7

I sought him, but did not find him. LXX adds I called him, but he did not answer me Sg 5:6

2I will arise now and go about the city,

through the streets and the plazas. Jr 5:1

I will seek the one I love.

I sought him, but did not find him.

3The guards who go about the city found me. Sg 5:7

I asked them, “Have you seen the one I love? ”

4I had just passed them

when I found the one I love.

I held on to him and would not let him go

until I brought him to my mother’s house Sg 8:2 —

to the chamber of the one who conceived me.

5Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field:

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time. Lit until it pleases Sg 2:7; 5:8; 8:4

6What is this Sg 6:10; 8:5 coming up from the wilderness

like columns of smoke,

scented with myrrh and frankincense Sg 4:6,14

from every fragrant powder of the merchant?

7It is Solomon’s royal litter A conveyance carried on the shoulders of servants

surrounded by 60 warriors

from the mighty of Israel.

8All of them are skilled with swords

and trained in warfare.

Each has his sword at his side Ps 45:3

to guard against the terror of the night. Ps 91:5

9King Solomon made a sedan chair In Hb, the term sedan chair is possibly a synonym for “litter”; it is also called a palanquin. for himself

with wood from Lebanon.

10He made its posts of silver,

its back Or base, or canopy of gold,

and its seat of purple.

Its interior is inlaid with love Or leather

by the young women of Jerusalem. Sg 1:5

11Come out, young women of Zion, Is 3:16-17; 4:4

and gaze at King Solomon,

wearing the crown his mother placed on him

the day of his wedding Is 62:5 —

the day of his heart’s rejoicing.