Participants: Kelly Mowrer
Series Code: HWAL
Program Code: HWAL000630
00:15 Hello and welcome to "His Words are Life."
00:17 I am Kelly Mower and today we are going to be reading 00:20 together from The Song of Songs 00:22 "The Song of Solomon." Let's pray before we start. 00:27 Dear God, please open our hearts today 00:31 as we read this Song of Songs and help us 00:35 to see a picture of You and the love that we 00:40 need to have for You and the love that You have for us. 00:45 Change us and make You the center 00:48 and the focus in the love of our life. 00:50 Thank you for hearing our prayer, 00:51 we pray it in the name of Jesus, amen. 00:56 We're beginning in the Song of Solomon 00:58 Chapter 1 with verse 11, 01:00 and this is the King James Version. 01:04 "We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver. 01:08 While the King sitteth at his table, 01:10 my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof. 01:14 A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me, 01:18 he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts. 01:22 My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire 01:25 in the vineyards of Enge'di. 01:27 Behold, thou art fair, my love, behold, thou art fair 01:31 thou hast doves' eyes. 01:33 Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant, 01:36 also our bed is green. 01:38 The beams of our house are cedar, 01:40 and our rafters of fir." 01:43 Continuing in the Song of Solomon Chapter 2, 01:46 this is the King James Version." 01:49 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. 01:53 As the lily among thorns, 01:55 so is my love among the daughters. 01:58 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, 02:00 so is my beloved among the sons. 02:03 I sat down under his shadow with great delight, 02:06 and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 02:10 He brought me to the banqueting house, 02:13 and his banner over me was love. 02:16 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples, 02:20 for I am sick of love. 02:22 His left hand is under my head, 02:24 and his right hand doth embrace me. 02:27 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, 02:30 by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, 02:33 that ye stir not up, 02:34 nor awake my love, till he please. 02:37 The voice of my beloved! Behold, 02:40 he cometh leaping upon the mountains, 02:42 skipping upon the hills. 02:44 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart, 02:47 behold, he standeth behind our wall, 02:50 he looketh forth at the windows, 02:52 shewing himself through the lattice. 02:55 My beloved spake, and said unto me, 02:57 Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. 03:01 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 03:05 The flowers appear on the earth, 03:07 the time of the singing of birds is come, 03:10 and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land, 03:12 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, 03:15 and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. 03:18 Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away. 03:22 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, 03:26 in the secret places of the stairs, 03:28 let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice, 03:32 for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. 03:36 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, 03:39 that spoil the vines, for our vines 03:41 have tender grapes. My beloved is mine, 03:46 and I am his, he feedeth me among the lilies. 03:50 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, 03:53 turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe 03:57 or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether." 04:01 Continuing with the Song of Solomon Chapter 3, 04:04 and this is the King James Version. 04:07 "By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth, 04:12 I sought him, but I found him not. 04:14 I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, 04:18 and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth, 04:22 I sought him, but I found him not. 04:26 The watchmen that go about the city found me, 04:29 to whom I said, Saw ye him whom my soul loveth? 04:33 It was but a little that I passed from them, 04:36 but I found him whom my soul loveth, I held him, 04:39 and would not let him go, 04:41 until I had brought him into my mother's house, 04:43 and into the chamber of her that conceived me. 04:46 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, 04:49 by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, 04:52 that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please. 04:57 Who is this that cometh out of the wilderness 04:59 like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh 05:02 and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant? 05:05 Behold his bed, which is Solomon's, 05:09 threescore valiant men are about it, 05:11 of the valiant of Israel. 05:13 They all hold swords, being expert in war, 05:16 every man hath his sword upon his thigh 05:18 because of fear in the night. 05:21 King Solomon made himself a chariot 05:23 of the wood of Lebanon. 05:24 He made the pillars thereof of silver, 05:26 the bottom thereof of gold, the covering of it of purple, 05:29 the midst thereof being paved with love, 05:31 for the daughters of Jerusalem. 05:34 Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, 05:36 and behold king Solomon with the crown 05:39 where with his mother crowned him 05:40 in the day of his espousals, 05:42 and in the day of the gladness of his heart. 05:45 Continuing with the Song of Solomon Chapter 4, 05:48 and this is the King James Version. 05:51 "Behold, thou art fair, my love behold, thou art fair, 05:56 thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks, 05:58 thy hair is as a flock of goats, 06:00 that appear from mount Gilead. 06:02 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, 06:06 which came up from the washing whereof every one bear twins, 06:10 and none is barren among them. 06:12 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, 06:15 and thy speech is comely, 06:17 thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate 06:20 within thy locks. 06:22 Thy neck is like the tower of David 06:25 builded for an armoury, 06:26 whereon there hang a thousand bucklers 06:28 all shields of mighty men. 06:31 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, 06:35 which feed among the lilies. 06:37 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, 06:40 I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, 06:43 and to the hill of frankincense. 06:45 Thou art all fair, my love, there is no spot in thee. 06:51 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, 06:53 with me from Lebanon, look from the top of Amana, 06:56 from the top of Shenir and Hermon, 06:58 from the lions' dens, from the mountains of the leopards. 07:02 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse, 07:05 thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, 07:08 with one chain of thy neck. 07:10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! 07:14 How much better is thy love than wine! 07:17 And the smell of thine ointments than all spices! 07:21 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb, 07:24 honey and milk are under thy tongue, 07:26 and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon. 07:30 A garden inclosed is my sister my spouse, a spring shut up, 07:36 a fountain sealed. 07:38 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, 07:40 with pleasant fruits, camphire, with spikenard, 07:44 Spikenard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, 07:48 with all trees of frankincense myrrh and aloes, 07:52 with all the chief spices, A fountain of gardens, 07:57 a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon. 08:01 Awake, O north wind, and come, thou south, 08:04 blow upon my garden, that the spices 08:07 thereof may flow out. 08:09 Let my beloved come into his garden, 08:12 and eat his pleasant fruits." 08:15 Continuing with the Song of Solomon Chapter 5, 08:17 and this is the King James Version. 08:20 "I am come into my garden my sister, my spouse, 08:23 I have gathered my myrrh in my spice, 08:25 I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey, 08:27 I have drunk my wine with my milk, eat, O friends, 08:31 drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. 08:35 I sleep, but my heart waketh, 08:37 it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, 08:39 saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled 08:45 for my head is filled with dew, 08:46 and my locks with the drops of the night. 08:49 I have put off my coat, how shall I put it on? 08:52 I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them? 08:55 My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, 08:58 and my bowels were moved for him. 09:00 I rose up to open to my beloved, 09:03 and my hands dropped with myrrh, 09:04 and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, 09:07 upon the handles of the lock. 09:09 I opened to my beloved, 09:12 but my beloved had withdrawn himself, 09:14 and was gone, my soul failed when he spake, 09:17 I sought him, but I could not find him, 09:20 I called him, but he gave me no answer. 09:23 The watchmen that went about the city found me, 09:26 they smote me, they wounded me, 09:28 the keepers of the walls took away my veil from me. 09:31 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, 09:33 if ye find my beloved, that ye tell him, 09:35 that I am sick of love. 09:38 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, 09:40 O thou fairest among women? 09:42 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, 09:44 that thou dost so charge us? 09:47 My beloved is white and ruddy, 09:49 the chiefest among ten thousand. 09:52 His head is as the most fine gold, 09:55 his locks are bushy, and black as a raven. 09:57 His eyes are as the eyes of doves 09:59 by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, 10:02 and fitly set. 10:03 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, 10:06 as sweet flowers, his lips like lilies, 10:09 dropping sweet smelling myrrh. 10:12 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl, 10:15 his belly is as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires. 10:20 His legs are as pillars of marble, 10:22 set upon sockets of fine gold, his countenance is as Lebanon, 10:28 excellent as the cedars. 10:30 His mouth is most sweet, yea, he is altogether lovely. 10:35 This is my beloved, and this is my friend, 10:38 O daughters of Jerusalem." 10:41 Continuing with the Song of Solomon Chapter 6, 10:43 this is the King James Version. 10:46 "Whither is thy beloved gone, O thou fairest among women? 10:50 Whither is thy beloved turned aside? 10:53 that we may seek him with thee. 10:56 My beloved is gone down into his garden, 10:58 to the beds of spices, to feed in the gardens, 11:00 and to gather lilies. 11:02 I am my beloved, and my beloved is mine, 11:06 he feedeth among the lilies. 11:09 Thou art beautiful, O my love, as Tirzah, comely as Jerusalem 11:12 terrible as an army with banners. 11:15 Turn away thine eyes from me, for they have overcome me, 11:18 thy hair is as a flock of goats 11:20 that appear from Gilead. 11:22 Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep which go up 11:24 from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, 11:27 and there is not one barren among them. 11:29 As a piece of a pomegranate are thy temples 11:32 within thy locks. 11:34 There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, 11:37 and virgins without number. 11:39 My dove, my undefiled is but one, 11:43 she is the only one of her mother, 11:45 she is the choice one of her that bare her. 11:48 The daughters saw her, and blessed her, 11:50 yea, the queens and the concubines, 11:52 and they praised her. 11:54 Who is she that looketh forth as the morning, 11:57 fair as the moon, clear as the sun, 12:00 and terrible as an army with banners? 12:03 I went down into the garden of nuts 12:05 to see the fruits of the valley, 12:06 and to see whether the vine flourished, 12:08 and the pomegranates budded. 12:10 Or ever I was aware, 12:11 my soul made me like the chariots of Amminadib. 12:14 Return, return, O Shulamite, return, return, 12:18 that we may look upon thee. 12:20 What will ye see in the Shulamite? 12:22 As it were the company of two armies." 12:26 Continuing with Song of Solomon Chapter 7, 12:28 this is the King James Version. 12:31 "How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, 12:33 O prince's daughter! 12:35 The joints of thy thighs are like jewels, 12:38 the work of the hands of a cunning workman. 12:41 Thy navel is like a round goblet, 12:43 which wanteth not liquor, 12:45 thy belly is like an heap of wheat 12:47 set about with lilies. 12:49 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins. 12:53 Thy neck is as a tower of ivory, 12:56 thine eyes like the fishpools in Heshbon, 12:59 by the gate of Bath-rabbim, 13:01 thy nose is as the tower of Lebanon 13:03 which looketh toward Damascus. 13:06 Thine head upon thee is like Carmel, 13:07 and the hair of thine head like purple, 13:10 the king is held in the galleries. 13:13 How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights 13:18 This thy stature is like to a palm tree, 13:21 and thy breasts to clusters of grapes. 13:24 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, 13:27 I will take hold of the boughs thereof, 13:30 now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, 13:33 and the smell of thy nose like apples, 13:35 And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine for my beloved, 13:39 that goeth down sweetly, 13:41 causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. 13:45 I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. 13:51 Come, my beloved, let us go forth into the field 13:53 let us lodge in the villages. 13:55 Let us get up early to the vineyards, 13:58 let us see if the vine flourish, 14:00 whether the tender grape appear, 14:02 and the pomegranates bud forth, 14:04 there will I give thee my loves. 14:07 The mandrakes give a smell, 14:09 and at our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, 14:11 new and old, 14:14 which I have laid up for thee, O my beloved." 14:19 Please join me again next time 14:20 to read the word of God together. 14:23 And as we have spent this time together 14:25 reading the Song of Songs, 14:28 the great love of song of King Salmon. 14:30 May the Holy Spirit have planted in each of our hearts 14:33 a deeper love for God, 14:35 so that He becomes our sole focus 14:37 in the source of all beauty in our lives? 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Revised 2014-12-17