Article 10 of 13 in the series Song of Solomon
9th Song: 7:1-9
The Glowing Beauty of The Bride
| Voice | Narrative |
|---|---|
| The companions | 7:1 How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 7:2 Thy navel is like a round goblet, which wanteth not liquor: thy belly is like an heap of wheat set about with lilies. 7:3 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 7:4 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory; thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, by the gate of Bathrabbim: thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon which looketh toward Damascus. 7:5 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, and the hair of thine head like purple; the king is held in the galleries. |
| Groom | 7:6 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights! 7:7 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples; 7:9 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine |
| Bride | 7:9 For my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. |
The setting for this song, as with the eighth song, is within the garden. The marriage of the Lamb has taken place, Yahweh’s enemies have been destroyed, a victory has been wrought, a dance has …
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