ABP - Song of Solomon - 3

3:1  Upon my bed in the nights I sought whom [2loved 1my soul]. I sought him, and I did not find him. I called unto him, and he did not hearken to me.

3:2  I shall rise up indeed, and I shall encircle in the city, in the markets, and in the squares, and I will seek whom [2loved 1my soul]. I sought him, and I did not find him.

3:3  They found me, the ones keeping guard, the ones encircling in the city. [2not 3whom 5loved 4my soul 1Saw they]?

3:4  It was a little time when I passed by them, until of which time I found whom [2loved 1my soul]. I held him, and did not let go of him, until of which time I brought him into the house of my mother, and into the inner chamber of the one conceiving me.

3:5  I bound you by an oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the powers and by the strengths of the field, if you should arise and awaken love until whenever it should want.

3:6  Who is she ascending from the wilderness as sticks of smoke, being of burning incense of myrrh and frankincense, from all the powders of the perfumer?

3:7  Behold, the bed of Solomon, sixty mighty men round about it, from among the mighty ones of Israel.

3:8  All holding a broadsword, being taught war; every man with his broadsword upon his thigh, because of consternation in the nights.

3:9  [4a carriage 3made 5for himself 1King 2Solomon] from woods of Lebanon.

3:10  His columns he made of silver, and his couch of gold, his step purple; within it [2stone pavement 1a love] from the daughters of Jerusalem.

3:11  Come forth and behold, daughters of Zion! unto king Solomon, unto the crown which [2crowned 3him 1his mother] in the day of his betrothing, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.