SONG OF SONGS 1:7-10

⁷Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest thy flock, where thou makest it to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that is veiled beside the flocks of thy companions?

⁸If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds’ tents.

⁹I have compared thee, O my love, to a steed in Pharaoh’s chariots.

¹⁰Thy cheeks are comely with plaits of hair, thy neck with strings of jewels