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Song of Solomon 5
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King James Version
Lover
1 I am come into my
garden, my sister, my
spouse: I have gathered my
myrrh with my spice; I
have eaten my honeycomb
with my honey; I have
drunk my wine with my
milk:
eat, O friends; drink,
yea, drink abundantly, O
beloved.
Shulamite maid
2 I sleep, but my heart
waketh: it is the voice of
my beloved that knocketh,
saying, Open to me, my
sister, my love, my dove,
my undefiled: for my head
is filled with dew, and my
locks with the drops of
the night.
3 I have put off my
coat; how shall I put it
on? I have washed my feet;
how shall I defile them?
4 My beloved put in his
hand by the hole of the
door, and my bowels were
moved for him.
5 I rose up to open to my
beloved; and my hands
dropped with myrrh, and my
fingers with sweet
smelling myrrh, upon the
handles of the lock.
6 I opened to my beloved;
but my beloved had
withdrawn himself, and was
gone: my soul failed when
he spake: I sought him,
but I could not find him;
I called him, but he gave
me no answer.
7 The watchmen that went
about the city found me,
they smote me, they
wounded me; the keepers of
the walls took away my
veil from me.
8 I charge you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, if
ye find my beloved, that
ye tell him, that I am
sick of love.
Daughters of
Jerusalem
9 What is thy beloved
more than another beloved,
O thou fairest among
women? what is thy beloved
more than another beloved,
that thou dost so charge
us?
Shulamite maid
10 My beloved is white
and ruddy, the chiefest
among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most
fine gold, his locks are
bushy, and black as a
raven.
12 His eyes are as
the eyes of doves by the
rivers of waters, washed
with milk, and fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed
of spices, as sweet
flowers: his lips like
lilies, dropping sweet
smelling myrrh.
14 His hands are as gold
rings set with the beryl:
his belly is as bright
ivory overlaid with
sapphires.
15 His legs are as pillars
of marble, set upon
sockets of fine gold: his
countenance is as Lebanon,
excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth is most
sweet: yea, he is
altogether lovely. This is
my beloved, and this is my
friend, O daughters of
Jerusalem.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/mh/song1.htm
3. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/gill/song1.htm
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Cults 
Why Did God Permit Sin?
Christ answers the church's invitation, and shews her the
delight he took in her fruit, ver. 1.