1Song of Songs 1

CHAP. I. / 1 The churches loue vnto Christ. 5 Shee confesseth her deformitie, 7 And prayeth to bee directed to his flocke. 8 Christ directeth her to the shepheards tents. 9 And shewing his loue to her

1The song of songs, which is Solomons.Select Song of Songs 1:1

2Let him kisse mee with the kisses of his mouth: for thy Loue is better then wine.Select Song of Songs 1:2

3Because of the sauour of thy good ointments, thy name is as ointment powred forth, therefore doe the virgins loue thee.Select Song of Songs 1:3

4Draw me, we will runne after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and reioyce in thee, we wil remember thy loue more then wine: the vpright loue thee.Select Song of Songs 1:4

5I am blacke, but comely, (O ye daughters of Ierusalem) as the tents of Kedar, as the curtaines of Solomon.Select Song of Songs 1:5

6Looke not vpon me because I am blacke, because the Sunne hath looked vpon me: my mothers children were angry with me, they made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine owne vineyard haue I not kept.Select Song of Songs 1:6

7Tell me, (O thou whom my soule loueth) where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flocke to rest at noone: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flockes of thy companions?Select Song of Songs 1:7

8If thou know not (O thou fairest among women) goe thy way forth by the footsteps of the flocke, and feede thy kiddes beside the shepheards tents.Select Song of Songs 1:8

9I haue compared thee, O my loue, to a company of horses in Pharaohs chariots.Select Song of Songs 1:9

10Thy cheekes are comely with rowes of iewels, thy necke with chaines of golde.Select Song of Songs 1:10

11Wee will make thee borders of golde, with studdes of siluer.Select Song of Songs 1:11

12While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth foorth the smell thereof.Select Song of Songs 1:12

13A bundle of myrrhe is my welbeloued vnto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.Select Song of Songs 1:13

14My beloued is vnto me, as a cluster of Camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.Select Song of Songs 1:14

15Behold, thou art faire, my loue: behold, thou art faire, thou hast doues eyes.Select Song of Songs 1:15

16Behold, thou art faire, my beloued; yea pleasant: also our bedde is greene.Select Song of Songs 1:16

17The beames of our house are Cedar, and our rafters of firre.Select Song of Songs 1:17