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SEPTEMBER 1
6 His left hand is under my head, (TO HER BELOVED)
And his right hand embraces me. 17
7 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, Until the day breaks
By the gazelles or by the does And the shadows flee away,
Turn, my beloved,
of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love And be like a gazelle
Or a young stag
Until it pleases.
Upon the mountains of Bether.
THE SHULAMITE
Psalm 104:1–9
8 The voice of my beloved!
Behold, he comes B less the LORD, O my soul!
Leaping upon the mountains, O LORD my God, You are very great:
Skipping upon the hills.
9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young You are clothed with honor and
stag. 2 majesty,
Behold, he stands behind our wall; Who cover Yourself with light as with a
garment,
He is looking through the windows, Who stretch out the heavens like
Gazing through the lattice.
a curtain.
10 My beloved spoke, and said to me: 3
“Rise up, my love, my fair one, He lays the beams of His upper
chambers in the waters,
And come away.
11 For lo, the winter is past, Who makes the clouds His chariot,
The rain is over and gone. 4 Who walks on the wings of the wind,
12 The flowers appear on the earth; Who makes His angels spirits,
The time of singing has come, His ministers a flame of fire.
And the voice of the turtledove
Is heard in our land.
13 The fig tree puts forth her green figs,
And the vines with the tender grapes 104:4 spirits…flame of fire. Hebrews 1:7
Give a good smell. attributes these characteristics to angels
Rise up, my love, my fair one, describing their swiftness and destructive-
And come away! ness, as God’s instruments of judgment.
14 “O my dove, in the clefts of the rock,
In the secret places of the cliff,
Let me see your face, 5 You who laid the foundations
Let me hear your voice; of the earth,
For your voice is sweet, So that it should not be moved forever,
And your face is lovely.” 6 You covered it with the deep as with a
HER BROTHERS garment;
The waters stood above the mountains.
15 Catch us the foxes, 7 At Your rebuke they fled;
The little foxes that spoil the vines, At the voice of Your thunder they
For our vines have tender grapes. hastened away.
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THE SHULAMITE They went up over the mountains;
They went down into the valleys,
16 My beloved is mine, and I am his. To the place which You founded for
He feeds his flock among the lilies. them.
9 You have set a boundary that they may
not pass over,
That they may not return to cover the
earth.
2:7 I charge you.This refrain,which is repeated
before the wedding (3:5) and also afterward Proverbs 24:15–16
(8:4), explicitly expresses the Shulamite’s com-
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mitment to a chaste life before and during Do not lie in wait, O wicked man,
marriage. She invites accountability to the against the dwelling of the
daughters of Jerusalem. righteous;
Do not plunder his resting place;

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