1 Cierta noche no hallé a mi amado en mi lecho. Me levanté a buscarlo y no pude hallarlo. 2 Salí en su busca por las calles de la ciudad y por los caminos, pero no lo hallé. 3 Los guardias me detuvieron y yo les dije: «¿Han visto ustedes por algún lado al amor de mi vida?». 4 Un poco más tarde lo hallé, lo retuve y no lo dejé ir hasta llevarlo al hogar de mi madre, a la alcoba donde ella me concibió. 5 Les ruego, mujeres de Jerusalén, por las gacelas y cervatillas del bosque que no despierten a mi amada. ¡Déjenla dormir! 6 ¿Quién es este que irrumpe de los desiertos como nube de humo por la tierra, entre aromas de mirra e incienso y perfumes exóticos? 7 Miren, es el carro de Salomón rodeado por sesenta de los más aguerridos hombres de su ejército. 8 Todos son diestros con la espada y expertos guerreros. Cada uno lleva su espada sobre el muslo contra cualquier ataque nocturno. 9 Porque el rey Salomón se hizo una carroza de madera del Líbano. 10 De plata eran sus columnas, su dosel de oro, de púrpura el asiento. Y su interior fue decorado con amor por las doncellas de Jerusalén. 11 Salgan a ver al rey Salomón, oh doncellas de Sion, vean la corona que su madre le puso el día de su boda, el día de su alegría.
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Cross references (11)
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- 1 1 Peter 1:8; Song of Songs 5:6; Song of Songs 1:7; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 55:6
- 2 Ephesians 5:14; Romans 13:11; Isaiah 64:7; Proverbs 1:20–21; Psalm 22:1–2
- 3 Song of Songs 5:7; John 20:15; Ezekiel 33:2–9; Isaiah 21:11–12; Isaiah 21:6–8
- 4 Proverbs 8:17; Matthew 7:7; Song of Songs 6:12; Song of Songs 8:2; Proverbs 4:13
- 5 Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 8:4; Micah 4:8
- 6 Song of Songs 8:5; Revelation 12:14; Song of Songs 4:6; Song of Songs 1:13; Isaiah 43:19
- 7 1 Kings 14:27; Hebrews 1:14; 2 Kings 6:17; 1 Samuel 28:2; Song of Songs 1:16
- 8 Psalm 45:3; Ephesians 6:16–18; Psalm 149:5–9; Isaiah 27:3; Nehemiah 4:21–22
- 9 Song of Songs 3:7; 2 Samuel 23:5; Revelation 14:6
- 10 Romans 5:8; Revelation 3:12; Ephesians 3:18–19; Psalm 87:3; Song of Songs 1:5
- 11 Isaiah 62:5; Jeremiah 2:2; Hosea 2:19–20; Psalm 9:14; Revelation 1:7
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
… proclaimed by soldiers; and Jesus also must in a figure be crowned by soldiers; so that for this cause the Scripture says in the Canticles, Go forth, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, and look upon King Solomon in the crown wherewith His mother crowned Him.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
On my bed I sought Him by night, I sought Him, and I found Him not.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)
It was but a little that I passed from them (that is, from the two Angels), until I found Him Whom my soul loved. I held Him, and would not let Him go.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)