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Song of Songs

Pete Woodcock, Song of Songs, 2 December 2012

An overview of the book of \'Song of Songs\'. Don\'t worry - it\'s kid friendly!! We look at love, and see what this means for Solomon. But more importantly we see God\'s love for us.

Song of Songs

1:1 The Song of Songs, which is Solomon’s.

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.
  We will exult and rejoice in you;
    we will extol your love more than wine;
    rightly do they love you.
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?

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.
11   We will make for you ornaments of gold,
    studded with silver.
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.
15   Behold, you are beautiful, my love;
    behold, you are beautiful;
    your eyes are doves.
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.

(ESV)

Preached by Pete Woodcock

Pete is Senior Pastor of Cornerstone and lives in Chessington with his wife Anne who helps oversee the women’s ministry in the church.

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