1 By anight on my bed I sought the one I love; I sought him, but I did not find him.
2 “I will rise now,” Isaid, “And go about the city; In the streets and in the squares I will seek the one I love.” I sought him, but I did not find him.
3aThe watchmen who go about the city found me; Isaid, “Have you seen the one I love?”
4 Scarcely had I passed by them, When I found the one I love. I held him and would not let him go, Until I had brought him to the ahouse of my mother, And into the1 chamber of her who conceived me.
5aI1 charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles or by the does of the field, Do not stir up nor awaken love Until it pleases.
found me—the general ministry of the Word "finds" individually souls in quest of Jesus Christ (Genesis 24:27, end of verse Acts 16:14); whereas formalists remain unaffected.
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