Shulamite: Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth; for your love is better than wine.

more to be desired than gold, even than much fine gold; sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

How sweet are Your Words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth!

Your Words were found, and I ate them; and Your Word was to me the joy and rejoicing of my heart; for I am called by Your name, O Jehovah the God of Hosts.

Shulamite: Behold, you are handsome, my beloved! Yes, pleasant! Also our bed is green.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

Shulamite: Like an apple tree among the trees of the woods, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down in his shade with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

You are the fairest of the sons of men; grace is poured into Your lips; therefore God has blessed You forever.

For who in the clouds can be compared to Jehovah? Who among the sons of the gods can be likened unto Jehovah?

Let them praise the name of Jehovah, for His name alone is exalted; His glory is above the earth and the heavens.

For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government shall be upon His shoulder; and His name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Strong and Mighty God, The Eternal Father, The Prince of Peace.

Of the increase of His government and peace upon the throne of David there will be no end; and upon His kingdom, to order it and to establish it with judgment and with justice from now on, even forever. The zeal of Jehovah of Hosts will accomplish this.

But no, rather, I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them as refuse, that I may gain Christ

Therefore it is also contained in the Scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, elect, precious, and he who believes on Him will by no means be ashamed.

Therefore, to you who believe, He is precious; but to those who are disobedient, The stone which the builders rejected has become the Head of the corner,

Shulamite: My beloved is mine, and I am his. He grazes among the lilies.

I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine. He grazes among the lilies.

I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

Surely as a wife treacherously departs from her companion, so you have dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, says Jehovah.

And Jehovah said to me, Go again, love a woman loved by a companion, yet an adulteress, like the love of Jehovah toward the sons of Israel, who turn to other gods and love raisin cakes of grapes.

And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness. And he was called, Friend of God.

Adulterers and adulteresses, do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore purposes to be a friend of the world is shown to be opposing God.