Catholic Public Domain Version
"Chorus to Bride: Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon, "
— Song Of Solomon 3:7, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.”
“ Behold, it is the litter of Solomon; Threescore mighty men are about it, Of the mighty men of Israel. ”
“Behold, it is Solomon's carriage! Sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel.”
“Look! It is Solomon’s portable couch! It is surrounded by sixty warriors, some of Israel’s mightiest warriors.”
“Behold threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel, surrounded the bed of Solomon?”
“See, it is the bed of Solomon; sixty men of war are about it, of the army of Israel,”
“Behold his bed, which is Solomon’s; threescore valiant men are about it, of the valiant of Israel.”
When I had passed by them a little, I found him whom my soul loves. I held him, and would not release him, until I would bring him into my mother’s house, and into the chamber of her who bore me.
Groom to Chorus: I bind you by oath, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the does and the stags of the open field, not to disturb or awaken the beloved, until she wills.
Chorus to Groom: Who is she, who ascends through the desert, like a staff of smoke from the aromatics of myrrh, and frankincense, and every powder of the perfumer?
Chorus to Bride: Lo, sixty strong ones, out of all the strongest in Israel, stand watch at the bed of Solomon,
all holding swords and well-trained in warfare, each one’s weapon upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.
Bride to Chorus: King Solomon made himself a portable throne from the wood of Lebanon.
He made its columns of silver, the reclining place of gold, the ascent of purple; the middle he covered well, out of charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.