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SEPTEMBER 2
On which hang a thousand bucklers,
All shields of mighty men.
5 Your two breasts are like two fawns,
Twins of a gazelle,
Which feed among the lilies.
Psalm 104:10–23
6 Until the day breaks 10
And the shadows flee away,
I will go my way to the mountain of 11 They give drink to every beast of the
myrrh
And to the hill of frankincense.
7 You are all fair, my love, 12
And there is no spot in you.
8 Come with me from Lebanon, my
spouse, 13
With me from Lebanon.
Look from the top of Amana,
From the top of Senir and Hermon,
From the lions’ dens, 14
From the mountains of the leopards.
9 You have ravished my heart,
My sister, my spouse;
You have ravished my heart
With one look of your eyes, 15
With one link of your necklace.
10 How fair is your love,
My sister, my spouse!
How much better than wine is your
love, 16
And the scent of your perfumes
Than all spices!
11 Your lips, O my spouse, 17
Drip as the honeycomb;
Honey and milk are under your 18
tongue;
And the fragrance of your garments
Is like the fragrance of Lebanon. 19 He appointed the moon for seasons;
12 A garden enclosed
Is my sister, my spouse, 20
A spring shut up,
A fountain sealed.
13 Your plants are an orchard of 21
pomegranates
With pleasant fruits, 22
Fragrant henna with spikenard,
14 Spikenard and saffron,
Calamus and cinnamon, 23
With all trees of frankincense,
Myrrh and aloes, Proverbs 24:17–18
With all the chief spices—
15 A fountain of gardens, 17 Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
A well of living waters,
And streams from Lebanon.
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it displease
THE SHULAMITE
16 Awake, O north wind,
And come, O south!
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Blow upon my garden,
That its spices may flow out.
Let my beloved come to his garden
And eat its pleasant fruits.
He sends the springs into the valleys;
They flow among the hills.
field;
The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
By them the birds of the heavens have
their home;
They sing among the branches.
He waters the hills from His upper
chambers;
The earth is satisfied with the fruit of
Your works.
He causes the grass to grow for the
cattle,
And vegetation for the service of man,
That he may bring forth food from the
earth,
And wine that makes glad the heart of
man,
Oil to make his face shine,
And bread which strengthens man’s
heart.
The trees of the LORD are full of sap,
The cedars of Lebanon which He
planted,
Where the birds make their nests;
The stork has her home in the fir trees.
The high hills are for the wild goats;
The cliffs are a refuge for the rock
badgers.
The sun knows its going down.
You make darkness, and it is night,
In which all the beasts of the forest
creep about.
The young lions roar after their prey,
And seek their food from God.
When the sun rises, they gather
together
And lie down in their dens.
Man goes out to his work
And to his labor until the evening.
And do not let your heart be glad when
he stumbles;
Him,
And He turn away His wrath
from him.