The Bible In Paintings: SONG OF SONGS – ARTISTIC ANNOTATIONS, Part 1

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The Bible In Paintings 2
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SONG OF SONGS –
ARTISTIC
ANNOTATIONS

SONG OF SONGS
CHAPTERS 1-2

1 Solomon’s Song of Songs.
Beloved
2 Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth—
for your love is more delightful than wine.

3 Pleasing is the fragrance of your perfumes;
your name is like perfume poured out.

No wonder the maidens love you!
4 Take me away with you—let us hurry!
Let the king bring me into his chambers.

Friends
We rejoice and delight in you;
we will praise your love more than wine.

Beloved
How right they are to adore you!

5 Dark am I, yet lovely,
O daughters of Jerusalem,
dark like the tents of Kedar,
like the tent curtains of Solomon.

6 Do not stare at me because I am dark,
because I am darkened by the sun.
My mother’s sons were angry with me
and made me take care of the vineyards;
my own vineyard I have neglected.
7 Tell me, you whom I love, where you graze your flock
and where you rest your sheep at midday.
Why should I be like a veiled woman
beside the flocks of your friends?

Friends
8 If you do not know, most beautiful of women,
follow the tracks of the sheep
and graze your young goats
by the tents of the shepherds.

Lover
9 I liken you, my darling, to a mare
harnessed to one of the chariots of Pharaoh.
10 Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings,
your neck with strings of jewels.

11 We will make you earrings of gold,
studded with silver.

Beloved
12 While the king was at his table,
my perfume spread its fragrance.
13 My lover is to me a sachet of myrrh
resting between my breasts.
14 My lover is to me a cluster of henna blossoms
from the vineyards of En Gedi.

Lover
15 How beautiful you are, my darling!
Oh, how beautiful!
Your eyes are doves.

Beloved
16 How handsome you are, my lover!
Oh, how charming!
And our bed is verdant.

Lover
17 The beams of our house are cedars;
our rafters are firs.

Beloved
2 I am a rose of Sharon,
a lily of the valleys.

VERONICA McDONALD
"Rose of Sharon"

MARK LAWRENCE
"Jesus Christ, Rose of Sharon. Song of Solomon 2 1"

MINDY NEWMAN
"I am the Lily of the Valley"

Lover
2 Like a lily among thorns
is my darling among the maidens.

PATRICK BENBOW
"Song of Solomon 2:2"

Beloved
3 Like an apple tree among the trees of the forest
is my lover among the young men.
I delight to sit in his shade,
and his fruit is sweet to my taste.

4 He has taken me to the banquet hall,
and his banner over me is love.

TERESA MARIE STAAL COWLEY
"Song of Solomon"

CARLISS PROSSER
"His Banner Over Me Is Love"

CATHERINE SALDANA
"Banner of Love"

JENNIFER WOODS
"House of Wine"

5 Strengthen me with raisins,
refresh me with apples,
for I am faint with love.

6 His left arm is under my head,
and his right arm embraces me.

AMY McCUTCHEON
"Song of Solomon 2~6"

7 Daughters of Jerusalem, I charge you
by the gazelles and by the does of the field:
Do not arouse or awaken love
until it so desires.

8 Listen! My lover!
Look! Here he comes,
leaping across the mountains,
bounding over the hills.

9 My lover is like a gazelle or a young stag.
Look! There he stands behind our wall,
gazing through the windows,
peering through the lattice.

KATHY FREDERICK
"Through the Lattice"

LARA
"Behind the Lattice"

10 My lover spoke and said to me,
“Arise, my darling,
my beautiful one, and come with me.

RACHEL K HARPHAM
"Arise"

11 See! The winter is past;
the rains are over and gone.

12 Flowers appear on the earth;
the season of singing has come,
the cooing of doves
is heard in our land.

BRUCE NUTTING
"Singing of Birds Is Come"

RICHARD MacGREGOR
"The Voice of the Turtle"

DIANE E. BERRY
"Song of Solomon"

ROLAND KAY
"Song of Solomon 2:12"

13 The fig tree forms its early fruit;
the blossoming vines spread their fragrance.
Arise, come, my darling;
my beautiful one, come with me.”

Lover
14 My dove in the clefts of the rock,
in the hiding places on the mountainside,
show me your face,
let me hear your voice;
for your voice is sweet,
and your face is lovely.
15 Catch for us the foxes,
the little foxes
that ruin the vineyards,
our vineyards that are in bloom.

ALLIO JENNY
"Catch the Foxes"

Beloved
16 My lover is mine and I am his;
he browses among the lilies.

MARCIE MAYO
"My Beloved"

CELESTE DREWIEN
"Song of Solomon among the Lilies"

17 Until the day breaks
and the shadows flee,
turn, my lover,
and be like a gazelle
or like a young stag
on the rugged hills.

To be continued…

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SONG OF SONGS—ARTISTIC ANNOTATIONS 1
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SONG OF SONGS—ARTISTIC INTERPRETATIONS

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Good Morning, Dan. :-)

[Hebrews 11:6]

Mary-Lou! You are God’s Beloved.

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U 2. :-)

[SouthernClaire]

Thank you so much for posting these. I always enjoy them.

God bless you.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Thanks, Claire. You are God’s Beloved.

[Snake Skin Sonny]

As a child, I recall a gospel song that was sung fairly regularly, in my Maw-ma's old country church.

It was based pretty much on the Song of Solomon.

The church was unaffiliated for quite a long time ministered by an un-ordained, but "called" simple man of God.

However, eventually, it was accepted into the Southern Baptists Conference, the old pastor being pushed out for a young fella straight out of Bible College.

That song disappeared.

Not until I was approaching adulthood did I realize why.

(It had, shall we say, "unacceptable words" in it and "glorified" sexual activity.)

Or something like that.

And that is my problem with the old, crabby, hard shell Baptist militants.

They simply deemed it "wrong" and, poof, it was gone.

So many of them are unable to see beyond their militant, controlling ways and have appointed themselves the arbiters of the way and intents of God and the "true" meanings of the Bible.

God will prevail.

Thank you for what you present, doing so without argument, disagreement, or even a modicum of criticism.

I enjoy it very much and look forward to it.

May God bless you.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Thank you Dan. At the age of 70 I still blush at Song of Solomon.

[etabeta]

Good morning to you and All. These songs are very well illustrated. Thank you, Dan!

[Hebrews 11:6]

Decorum in the church was a vexing challenge for Abel and Moses and David and Paul, and it will always be so until we have the King of Kings in situ.

Thank you for what you present, doing so without argument, disagreement, or even a modicum of criticism.

The Holy Spirit has made it crystal-clear to me that I am to stay mute and out of His way and let Him operate. My textual abridgements are undertaken prayerfully. The most I do is to add the occasional related New Testament passage--how can I cover Moses' bronze serpent without referencing Jesus' correlation of it to his crucifixion, in his explanation to Nicodemus?!

Thanks for your comments, Sonny.

Dan

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Good, Chauncey!

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A different approach for a different kind of book, Alba. I need to stay nimble!

[spankalib]

I wonder how much the photographer paid to get the swans to pose that way...

I vote for more Veronica McDonald...that's impressive to make me like a style I usually don't like!

[Hebrews 11:6]

I’m guessing God is that photog’s poser.