Song of Songs || 1:1-17 || Love is Better than Wine || Bryan Martin

Text: Song of Songs 1:1-17
Title: Love is Better than Wine
Speaker: Bryan Martin

Song of Solomon 1 (ESV)
1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon's.
The Bride Confesses Her Love
She[a]
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth!
For your love is better than wine;
3     your anointing oils are fragrant;
your name is oil poured out;
    therefore virgins love you.
4 Draw me after you; let us run.
    The king has brought me into his chambers.
Others
We will exult and rejoice in you;
    we will extol your love more than wine;
    rightly do they love you.
She
5 I am very dark, but lovely,
    O daughters of Jerusalem,
like the tents of Kedar,
    like the curtains of Solomon.
6 Do not gaze at me because I am dark,
    because the sun has looked upon me.
My mother's sons were angry with me;
    they made me keeper of the vineyards,
    but my own vineyard I have not kept!
7 Tell me, you whom my soul loves,
    where you pasture your flock,
    where you make it lie down at noon;
for why should I be like one who veils herself
    beside the flocks of your companions?
Solomon and His Bride Delight in Each Other
He
8 If you do not know,
    O most beautiful among women,
follow in the tracks of the flock,
    and pasture your young goats
    beside the shepherds' tents.
9 I compare you, my love,
    to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots.
10 Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments,
    your neck with strings of jewels.
Others
11 We will make for you[b] ornaments of gold,
    studded with silver.
She
12 While the king was on his couch,
    my nard gave forth its fragrance.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh
    that lies between my breasts.
14 My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
    in the vineyards of Engedi.
He
15 Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
    behold, you are beautiful;
    your eyes are doves.
She
16 Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, truly delightful.
Our couch is green;
17     the beams of our house are cedar;
    our rafters are pine.

Footnotes:

Song of Solomon 1:2 The translators have added speaker identifications based on the gender and number of the Hebrew words

Song of Solomon 1:11 The Hebrew for you is feminine singular

English Standard Version (ESV)

The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.

Song of SongsCanon Bryan MartinOctober 6, 2019Evening