Song of Solomon 1:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷Tell 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 is veiled
    beside the flocks of your companions?

⁸If you do not know,
    O fairest among women,
follow the tracks of the flock,
    and pasture your kids
    beside the shepherds’ tents.

Colloquy of Bridegroom, Friends, and Bride

⁹I compare you, my love,
to a mare among Pharaoh’s chariots.

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New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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