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I opened for my lover,
    but my lover had turned away and was gone!
I nearly died
    when he came and went.[a]
I looked for him,
    but I couldn’t find him.
I called for him,
    but he didn’t answer me.
The guards patrolling the city found me.
    They hit me.
    They hurt me.
The guards on the wall
    took my robe from me.

I tell you, women of Jerusalem,
    if you find my lover, tell him I am weak with love.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Song of Solomon 5:6 I nearly died … went Or “My soul left when he spoke.”
  2. Song of Solomon 5:8 I am weak with love Or “I am lovesick.”

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