Song of Solomon Devotionals

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1. Song of Solomon 1: Love Was God's Idea

   The Song of Songs opens not with law or history but with longing. A young woman says his love delights her more than wine (1:2) and asks him to take her away with him (1:4). She…

2. Song of Solomon 2: Love Worth Guarding

   Song 2 is full of spring. The woman is a lily among thorns to him (2:2), and he is an apple tree among the trees of the forest to her (2:3). Her beloved comes bounding over the…

3. Song of Solomon 3: Love Brought Into the Open

   Song 3 moves from a lonely night to a public celebration. At night the woman seeks the one she loves and does not find him, so she gets up and searches the streets and squares of…

4. Song of Solomon 4: Delight Put Into Words

   In Song 4 the bridegroom praises his bride in a long series of images. Her eyes are like doves, her hair like a flock of goats on a hillside, her lips like a scarlet ribbon, her…

5. Song of Solomon 5: When Love Hesitates

   Song 5 contains a painful moment. The woman's beloved knocks at night, his hair wet with dew, asking her to open (5:2). She hesitates, because she has already taken off her robe…

6. Song of Solomon 6: Chosen Out of Many

   Song 6 begins with the daughters of Jerusalem offering to help look for the beloved (6:1). The woman answers that he has gone down to his garden, and then she states the heart of…

7. Song of Solomon 7: Desire With a Safe Home

   Song 7 opens with the bridegroom's praise of his bride, moving through image after image, from her sandaled feet to her head, which crowns her like Mount Carmel (7:1-5). The poem…

8. Song of Solomon 8: A Love Not for Sale

   The Song's final chapter reaches its peak in two verses. The woman asks her beloved to wear her like a seal on his heart and arm, because love rivals death in its strength and…