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Your neck is like the tower of David,
    built with rows of stones.
A thousand shields are hung upon it,
    all the shields of the warriors.
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
    twins of a gazelle grazing among the lilies.
Until the day breaks[a] and the shadows flee,
    I’ll go to the mountain of myrrh[b]
        and to the hill of frankincense.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 4:6 Or until the cool of the day; lit. until the day breathes;
  2. Song of Solomon 4:6 Myrrh was a fragrant spice used as a perfume.
  3. Song of Solomon 4:6 Frankincense was a fragrant spice used to make incense and perfume.