Show me, [a]O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou liest at noon: for why should I be as she that turneth aside to the stocks of [b]thy companions?

[c]If thou know not, O thou the fairest among women, get thee forth by the steps of the flock, and feed thy kids by the tents of the shepherds.

I have compared thee, O my love, to the troupe of horses in the [d]chariots of Pharaoh.

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 1:6 The spouse feeling her fault fleeth to her husband only for succor.
  2. Song of Solomon 1:6 Whom thou hast called to the dignity of pastors, and they set forth their own dreams instead of thy doctrine.
  3. Song of Solomon 1:7 Christ speaketh to his Church, bidding them that are ignorant, to go to the pastors to learn.
  4. Song of Solomon 1:8 For thy spiritual beauty and excellency there was no worldly treasure to be compared unto thee.

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