Song of Solomon 6:1
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Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
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How is your beloved better than others, O most beautiful among women? How is your beloved better than another, that you charge us so?
If you do not know, O fairest of women, follow the tracks of the flock, and graze your young goats near the tents of the shepherds.
O Hope of Israel, its Savior in times of distress, why are You like a stranger in the land, like a traveler who stays but a night?
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
Like a lily among the thorns is my darling among the maidens.
Come, O house of Jacob, let us walk in the light of the LORD.
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
You are as beautiful, my darling, as Tirzah, as lovely as Jerusalem, as majestic as troops with banners.
I opened for my beloved, but he had turned and gone. My heart sank at his departure. I sought him, but did not find him. I called, but he did not answer.