Song of Solomon 5:10
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My beloved is dazzling and ruddy, outstanding among ten thousand.
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You are the most handsome of men; grace has anointed your lips, since God has blessed you forever.
I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valley.
I will commemorate your name through all generations; therefore the nations will praise you forever and ever.
So Jesse sent for his youngest son and brought him in. He was ruddy, with beautiful eyes and a handsome appearance. And the LORD said, “Rise and anoint him, for he is the one.”
And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
The splendor of its forests and orchards, both soul and body, it will completely destroy, as a sickness consumes a man.