Song of Solomon 2:3
Hebrew Text— Song of Solomon 2:3As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, his fruit was sweet to my taste.
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If you remain in me, and my words remain in you, you will ask whatever you desire, and it will be done for you.
He will fulfill the desire of those who fear him. He also will hear their cry, and will save them.
then you will delight yourself in Yahweh, and I will make you to ride on the high places of the earth, and I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father;” for Yahweh’s mouth has spoken it.
You didn’t choose me, but I chose you and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
You are my hiding place. You will preserve me from trouble. You will surround me with songs of deliverance.
How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.
Keep me as the apple of your eye. Hide me under the shadow of your wings,
In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues.
Will he delight himself in the Almighty, and call on God at all times?
Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.
For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and streams on the dry ground. I will pour my Spirit on your descendants, and my blessing on your offspring:
whom, not having known, you love. In him, though now you don’t see him, yet believing, you rejoice greatly with joy that is unspeakable and full of glory,
For in the day of trouble, he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the secret place of his tabernacle, he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my exceeding joy. I will praise you on the harp, God, my God.
Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.
Also delight yourself in Yahweh, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations.
being confident of this very thing, that he who began a good work in you will complete it until the day of Jesus Christ.
But as for me, I am like a green olive tree in God’s house. I trust in God’s loving kindness forever and ever.
Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
His soul will dwell at ease. His offspring will inherit the land.
He will be a sanctuary, but for both houses of Israel, he will be a stumbling stone and a rock that makes them fall. For the people of Jerusalem, he will be a trap and a snare.
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of Yahweh, was taken in their pits; of whom we said, under his shadow we will live among the nations.
For most certainly I tell you, whoever may tell this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ and doesn’t doubt in his heart, but believes that what he says is happening; he shall have whatever he says.
“Therefore say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Whereas I have removed them far off among the nations, and whereas I have scattered them among the countries, yet I will be to them a sanctuary for a little while in the countries where they have come.” ’
You are my hiding place and my shield. I hope in your word.
But as for me, I will look to Yahweh. I will wait for the God of my salvation. My God will hear me.
We speak wisdom, however, among those who are full grown, yet a wisdom not of this world nor of the rulers of this world who are coming to nothing.
His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified us of our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high,
in the middle of its street. On this side of the river and on that was the tree of life, bearing twelve kinds of fruits, yielding its fruit every month. The leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all spices of the merchant?
“Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
Now when I had returned, behold, on the bank of the river were very many trees on the one side and on the other.
And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
For he has said, ‘It profits a man nothing that he should delight himself with God.’
He will be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that produces its fruit in its season, whose leaf also does not wither. Whatever he does shall prosper.
May he grant you your heart’s desire, and fulfill all your counsel.
There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
He shall eat butter and honey when he knows to refuse the evil and choose the good.
Come, my people, enter into your rooms, and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourself for a little moment, until the indignation is past.
“Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he will reign as king and deal wisely, and will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Hear now, Joshua the high priest, you and your fellows who sit before you; for they are men who are a sign: for, behold, I will bring out my servant, the Branch.
and speak to him, saying, ‘Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, the man whose name is the Branch: and he shall grow up out of his place; and he shall build Yahweh’s temple;
So then the Lord, after he had spoken to them, was received up into heaven, and sat down at the right hand of God.
All testified about him, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth, and they said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”
having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,
until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a full grown man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ,
Walk in love, even as Christ also loved us and gave himself up for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling fragrance.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
May Yahweh repay your work, and a full reward be given to you from Yahweh, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
Give your servant therefore an understanding heart to judge your people, that I may discern between good and evil; for who is able to judge this great people of yours?”
They looked to him, and were radiant. Their faces shall never be covered with shame.
Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from the noisy crowd of the ones doing evil;
Be merciful to me, Lord, for I call to you all day long.
I adjure you, daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, that you tell him that I am faint with love.
Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep.
A shoot will come out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will bear fruit.
but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
For he will be as a tree planted by the waters, who spreads out its roots by the river, and will not fear when heat comes, but its leaf will be green, and will not be concerned in the year of drought. It won’t cease from yielding fruit.
“In those days and at that time, I will cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David. He will execute justice and righteousness in the land.
The apostles said to the Lord, “Increase our faith.”
Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Jesus answered him, “If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
What the wicked fear, will overtake them, but the desire of the righteous will be granted.
Behold, you are beautiful, my beloved, yes, pleasant; and our couch is verdant.
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? Under the apple tree I aroused you. There your mother conceived you. There she was in labor and bore you.
Or else let him take hold of my strength, that he may make peace with me. Let him make peace with me.”
Oh taste and see that Yahweh is good. Blessed is the man who takes refuge in him.
For you have been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered; the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.
yet when it is sown, grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and puts out great branches, so that the birds of the sky can lodge under its shadow.”
But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.
The house of Israel called its name “Manna”, and it was like coriander seed, white; and its taste was like wafers with honey.
a golden bell and a pomegranate, a golden bell and a pomegranate, around the hem of the robe.
It will happen, while my glory passes by, that I will put you in a cleft of the rock, and will cover you with my hand until I have passed by;
On the next day, Moses went into the Tent of the Testimony; and behold, Aaron’s rod for the house of Levi had sprouted, budded, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds.
“The bramble said to the trees, ‘If in truth you anoint me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade; and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.’
For then you will delight yourself in the Almighty, and will lift up your face to God.
You are the most excellent of the sons of men. Grace has anointed your lips, therefore God has blessed you forever.
Be merciful to me, God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in you. Yes, in the shadow of your wings, I will take refuge, until disaster has passed.
For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
Tell me, you whom my soul loves, where you graze your flock, where you rest them at noon; for why should I be as one who is veiled beside the flocks of your companions?
My beloved is to me a cluster of henna blossoms from the vineyards of En Gedi.
Strengthen me with raisins, refresh me with apples; for I am faint with love.
Awake, north wind, and come, you south! Blow on my garden, that its spices may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and taste his precious fruits.
His mouth is sweetness; yes, he is altogether lovely. This is my beloved, and this is my friend, daughters of Jerusalem.
I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples.
In that day, Yahweh’s branch will be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the land will be the beauty and glory of the survivors of Israel.
There will be a pavilion for a shade in the daytime from the heat, and for a refuge and for a shelter from storm and from rain.
By the river on its bank, on this side and on that side, will grow every tree for food, whose leaf won’t wither, neither will its fruit fail. It will produce new fruit every month, because its waters issue out of the sanctuary. Its fruit will be for food, and its leaf for healing.”
Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.
looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious: