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Song of Solomon 1:8

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Bride to Chorus: O daughters of Jerusalem: I am black, but shapely, like the tabernacles of Kedar, like the tents of Solomon.

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You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.

Be empty, and see that I am God. I will be exalted among the peoples, and I will be exalted upon the earth.

Blessed is the man who listens to me, and who stands watch at my gates everyday, and who observes at the posts of my doors.

Chorus to Bride: We will fashion for you chains of gold, accented with reddened silver.

Lo, he stands beyond our wall, gazing through the windows, watching through the lattices.

Groom to Bride: How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are those of a dove, except for what is hidden within. Your hair is like flocks of goats, which ascend along the mountain of Gilead.

How beautiful are your breasts, my sister, my spouse! Your breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the fragrance of your ointments is above all aromatic oils.

You are totally beautiful, my love, and there is no blemish in you.

The keepers who circulate through the city found me. They struck me, and wounded me. The keepers of the walls took my veil away from me.

Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants, in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies.

Thus says the Lord: "Stand above the ways, and see and ask, about the ancient paths, as to which is the good way, and then walk in it. And you will find refreshment for your souls. But they said: 'We will not walk.'

Then, when they had dined, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord, you know that I love you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."

Be imitators of me, as I also am of Christ.

so that he might offer her to himself as a glorious Church, not having any spot or wrinkle or any such thing, so that she would be holy and immaculate.

Remember your leaders, who have spoken the Word of God to you, whose faith you imitate, by observing the goal of their way of life:

so that you may not be slow to act, but instead may be imitators of those who, through faith and patience, shall inherit the promises.

Was not our father Abraham justified by means of works, by offering his son Isaac upon the altar?

Similarly also, Rahab, the harlot, was she not justified by works, by receiving the messengers and sending them out through another way?

My brothers, consider the Prophets, who spoke in the name of the Lord, as an example of departing from evil, of labor, and of patience.

For so Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord. You are her daughters, well-behaved and unafraid of any disturbance.




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