The Song opens with the bride’s longing, “Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth! For your love is better than wine,” and her frank, humble self-awareness before the daughters of Jerusalem. She and her beloved exchange the first of many mutual praises, he likening her to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots and she calling him beautiful, their words setting the tone of tender, delighting love that runs through the whole book.
Song of Solomon study chapter
Song of Solomon 1
c. 960 BCThe bride longs for her beloved, and the two exchange words of mutual admiration and delight.
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