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(A)I belong to my lover, and my lover belongs to me;
    he feeds among the lilies.

The Beauty of the Woman

M Beautiful as Tirzah are you, my friend;[a]
    fair as Jerusalem,
    fearsome as celestial visions!
(B)Turn your eyes away from me,
    for they stir me up.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    streaming down from Gilead.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:4–9 The man again celebrates the woman’s beauty. Tirzah: probably meaning “pleasant”; it was the early capital of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (1 Kgs 16). Celestial visions: the meaning is uncertain. Military images may be implied here, i.e., the “heavenly hosts” who fight along with God on Israel’s behalf (cf. Jgs 5:20), or perhaps a reference to the awesome goddesses of the region who combined aspects of both fertility and war.

I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine;(A)
    he browses among the lilies.(B)

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You are as beautiful as Tirzah,(C) my darling,
    as lovely as Jerusalem,(D)
    as majestic as troops with banners.(E)
Turn your eyes from me;
    they overwhelm me.
Your hair is like a flock of goats
    descending from Gilead.(F)

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