4. Scarcely had I passed them,when I found him whom my soul loves.I held him, and would not let him gountil I brought him to my mother’s house,and into the chamber of her who conceived me.
5. I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,by the gazelles or does of the field,do not stir up or awaken loveuntil it pleases.
6. Who is that coming up from the wilderness,like columns of smoke,perfumed with myrrh and frankincense,with all the fragrant powders of the merchant?
7. Look, it is the litter of Solomon!Around it are sixty mighty men,of the mighty men of Israel,
8. all of them holding swordsand expert in war,each with his sword at his thigh,because of terrors by night.