1 Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him. 2 I will rise up, and I will circle through the city. Through the side streets and thoroughfares, I will seek him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not […]
Monthly Archives: August 2017
Song of Songs 4
1 Groom to Bride: How beautiful you are, my love, how beautiful you are! Your eyes are those of a dove, except for what is hidden within. Your hair is like flocks of goats, which ascend along the mountain of Gilead. 2 Your teeth are like flocks of shorn sheep, which ascend from the washing, […]
Song of Songs 5
1 Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. 2 Groom to Bride: I have arrived in my garden, O my sister, my spouse. I have harvested my myrrh, with my aromatic oils. I have eaten the honeycomb with my honey. I have drunk my wine with […]
Song of Songs 6
1 Bride: My beloved has descended to his garden, to the courtyard of aromatic plants, in order to pasture in the gardens and gather the lilies. 2 I am for my beloved, and my beloved is for me. He pastures among the lilies. 3 Groom to Bride: My love, you are beautiful: sweet and graceful, […]
Song of Songs 7
1 Chorus to Groom: What will you see in the Sulamitess, other than choruses of encampments? 2 Chorus to Bride: How beautiful are your footsteps in shoes, O daughter of a ruler! The joints of your thighs are like jewels, which have been fabricated by the hand of an artist. 3 Your navel is a […]
Song of Songs 8
1 Bride to Groom: Who will give you to me as my brother, feeding from the breasts of my mother, so that I may discover you outside, and may kiss you, and so that now no one may despise me? 2 I will take hold of you and lead you into my mother’s house. There […]
Ecclesiastes 1
1 The words of Ecclesiastes, the son of David, the king of Jerusalem. 2 Ecclesiastes said: Vanity of vanities! Vanity of vanities, and all is vanity! 3 What more does a man have from all his labor, as he labors under the sun? 4 A generation passes away, and a generation arrives. But the earth […]
Ecclesiastes 2
1 I said in my heart: “I will go forth and overflow with delights, and I will enjoy good things.” And I saw that this, too, is emptiness. 2 Laughter, I considered an error. And to rejoicing, I said: “Why are you being deceived, to no purpose?” 3 I decided in my heart to withdraw […]
Ecclesiastes 3
1 All things have their time, and all things under heaven continue during their interval. 2 A time to be born, and a time to die. A time to plant, and a time to pull up what was planted. 3 A time to kill, and a time to heal. A time to tear down, and […]
Ecclesiastes 4
1 I turned myself to other things, and I saw the false accusations which are carried out under the sun, and the tears of the innocent, and that there was no one to console them; and that they were not able to withstand their violence, being destitute of all help. 2 And so, I praised […]