The Rose Of Sharon

As a lily among the thorns,

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose,

Flourishing it doth flourish, and rejoice, Yea, <FI>with<Fi> joy and singing, The honour of Lebanon hath been given to it, The beauty of Carmel and Sharon, They--they see the honour of Jehovah, The majesty of our God.

and over the herds that are feeding in Sharon <FI>is<Fi> Shitrai the Sharonite; and over the herds in the valleys <FI>is<Fi> Shaphat son of Adlai;

and they dwell in Gilead in Bashan, and in her small towns, and in all suburbs of Sharon, upon their outskirts;

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose, — read the full passage →

Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

As a lily among the thorns, — read the full passage →

and all those dwelling at Lydda, and Saron saw him, and did turn to the Lord.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during.

I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.

Jesus saith to him, `I am the way, and the truth, and the life, no one doth come unto the Father, if not through me;

And Sharon hath been for the habitation of a flock, And the valley of Achor for the lying down of a herd, For My people who have sought Me.

The Song of Songs, that <FI>is<Fi> Solomon's. — read the full passage →

So <FI>is<Fi> my friend among the daughters!

Having put aside, then, all evil, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envyings, and all evil speakings, — read the full passage →

for one <FI>is<Fi> God, one also <FI>is<Fi> mediator of God and of men, the man Christ Jesus,

`I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

and about clothing why are ye anxious? consider well the lilies of the field; how do they grow? they do not labour, nor do they spin;

I <FI>am<Fi> my beloved's, and my beloved <FI>is<Fi> mine, Who is delighting himself among the lilies.

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> clear and ruddy, Conspicuous above a myriad!

On my couch by night, I sought him whom my soul hath loved; I sought him, and I found him not! — read the full passage →

The king of Aphek, one; The king of Lasharon, one;

and walk in love, as also the Christ did love us, and did give himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for an odour of a sweet smell,

His cheeks as a bed of the spice, towers of perfumes, His lips <FI>are<Fi> lilies, dropping flowing myrrh,

As a citron among trees of the forest, So <FI>is<Fi> my beloved among the sons, In his shade I delighted, and sat down, And his fruit <FI>is<Fi> sweet to my palate.

Truth from the earth springeth up, And righteousness from heaven looketh out,

And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

My beloved <FI>is<Fi> mine, and I <FI>am<Fi> his, Who is delighting among the lilies,

James, of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ a servant, to the Twelve Tribes who are in the dispersion: Hail! — read the full passage →

And I, having come unto you, brethren, came--not in superiority of discourse or wisdom--declaring to you the testimony of God, — read the full passage →

The sceptre turneth not aside from Judah, And a lawgiver from between his feet, Till his Seed come; And his <FI>is<Fi> the obedience of peoples.

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John, — read the full passage →

A revelation of Jesus Christ, that God gave to him, to shew to his servants what things it behoveth to come to pass quickly; and he did signify <FI>it<Fi> , having sent through his messenger to his servant John,

My little children, these things I write to you, that ye may not sin: and if any one may sin, an advocate we have with the Father, Jesus Christ, a righteous one, — read the full passage →

I exhort, then, first of all, there be made supplications, prayers, intercessions, thanksgivings, for all men: — read the full passage →

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, and Timotheus the brother, — read the full passage →

And there was a man of the Pharisees, Nicodemus his name, a ruler of the Jews, — read the full passage →

And the messenger answering said to her, `The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, therefore also the holy-begotten thing shall be called Son of God;

take up my yoke upon you, and learn from me, because I am meek and humble in heart, and ye shall find rest to your souls,

for ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that because of you he became poor--being rich, that ye by that poverty may become rich.

for God did so love the world, that His Son--the only begotten--He gave, that every one who is believing in him may not perish, but may have life age-during. — read the full passage →

Seize ye for us foxes, Little foxes--destroyers of vineyards, Even our sweet-smelling vineyards.

To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies.' A testimony of Asaph. --A Psalm. Shepherd of Israel, give ear, Leading Joseph as a flock, Inhabiting the cherubs--shine forth, — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`Concerning the Lily of Testimony,' a secret treasure of David, to teach, in his striving with Aram-Naharaim, and with Aram-Zobah, and Joab turneth back and smiteth Edom in the valley of Salt--twelve thousand. O God, Thou hadst cast us off, Thou hadst broken us--hadst been angry! --Thou dost turn back to us. — read the full passage →

To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies.' --By sons of Korah. --An Instruction. --A song of loves. My heart hath indited a good thing, I am telling my works to a king, My tongue <FI>is<Fi> the pen of a speedy writer. — read the full passage →

These <FI>are<Fi> sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, — read the full passage →

They joy from the wilderness and dry place, And rejoice doth the desert, and flourish as the rose, — read the full passage →

He hath brought me in unto a house of wine, And his banner over me <FI>is<Fi> love,

As a lily among the thorns, — read the full passage →

Give instruction to a youth about his way, Even when he is old he turneth not from it.

To the Overseer. --`On the Lilies,' by David. Save me, O God, for come have waters unto the soul. — read the full passage →

And his own house hath Solomon built thirteen years, and he finisheth all his house. — read the full passage →

If, then, any exhortation <FI>is<Fi> in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of spirit, if any bowels and mercies, — read the full passage →

and my word and my preaching was not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power--

`The thief doth not come, except that he may steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they may have life, and may have <FI>it<Fi> abundantly.

And now, thus said Jehovah, Thy Creator, O Jacob, and thy Fashioner, O Israel, Be not afraid, for I have redeemed thee, I have called on thy name--thou <FI>art<Fi> Mine. — read the full passage →

I rose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped myrrh, Yea, my fingers flowing myrrh, On the handles of the lock.

I am sleeping, but my heart waketh: The sound of my beloved knocking! `Open to me, my sister, my friend, My dove, my perfect one, For my head is filled <FI>with<Fi> dew, My locks <FI>with<Fi> drops of the night.'

My dove, in clefts of the rock, In a secret place of the ascent, Cause me to see thine appearance, Cause me to hear thy voice, For thy voice <FI>is<Fi> sweet, and thy appearance comely.

My beloved hath answered and said to me, `Rise up, my friend, my fair one, and come away,

Sustain me with grape-cakes, Support me with citrons, for I <FI>am<Fi> sick with love.

Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, to the assembly of Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ: — read the full passage →

And suddenly there came with the messenger a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God, and saying,

And it cometh to pass, after the death of Saul, that David hath returned from smiting the Amalekite, and David dwelleth in Ziklag two days, — read the full passage →

And it cometh to pass, in the days of the judging of the judges, that there is a famine in the land, and there goeth a man from Beth-Lehem-Judah to sojourn in the fields of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons. — read the full passage →

Lo, he doth come with the clouds, and see him shall every eye, even those who did pierce him, and wail because of him shall all the tribes of the land. Yes! Amen!

because in much trial of tribulation the abundance of their joy, and their deep poverty, did abound to the riches of their liberality;

for I decided not to know any thing among you, except Jesus Christ, and him crucified;

and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

this one came unto him by night, and said to him, `Rabbi, we have known that from God thou hast come--a teacher, for no one these signs is able to do that thou dost, if God may not be with him.'

And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

The voice of my beloved! lo, this--he is coming, Leaping on the mountains, skipping on the hills.

As a lily among the thorns, — read the full passage →

My beloved went down to his garden, To the beds of the spice, To delight himself in the gardens, and to gather lilies.

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, If ye find my beloved--What do ye tell him? that I <FI>am<Fi> sick with love!

I have adjured you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the roes or by the hinds of the field, Stir not up nor wake the love till she please!

Before Ephraim, and Benjamin, and Manasseh, Wake up Thy might, and come for our salvation.

I have sunk in deep mire, And there is no standing, I have come into the depths of the waters, And a flood hath overflown me.

Thou hast been beautified above the sons of men, Grace hath been poured into thy lips, Therefore hath God blessed thee to the age.

And he buildeth the house of the forest of Lebanon; a hundred cubits <FI>is<Fi> its length, and fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height, on four rows of cedar pillars, and cedar-beams on the pillars;

in the hill-country, and in the low country, and in the plain, and in the springs, and in the wilderness, and in the south; the Hittite, the Amorite, and the Canaanite, the Perizzite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite: