The Church.
10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the chiefest among ten thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushie and black as a raven.
The Psalms of David in meeter with the prose interlined / by Mr. Zachary Boyd ...
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- Title
- The Psalms of David in meeter with the prose interlined / by Mr. Zachary Boyd ...
- Author
- Boyd, Zacharie, 1585?-1653.
- Publication
- [Glasgow] :: Printed at Glasgow by the heires of George Anderson ...,
- 1648.
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- Bible. -- O.T. -- Psalms -- Paraphrases, English.
- Bible. -- English. -- Selections -- Paraphrases, English.
- Psalters.
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10 Both white and rudy's my Belov'd, chief among thousands ten:
11 His head's as gold, his bushy locks are black as is a rav'n.
•…•… His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk and fit∣ly set.
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves that by the rivers sit,
They washed also are with milk and they are fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips like lillies, dropping sweet smelling myrrhe.
13 His cheeks are as the spices bed, as flowers that sweet excell,
His lips like lillies droping Myrrhe, that hath the sweetest smell.
14 His hands are as gold rings set with the▪ Berill: His belly is as bright ivory, overlaid with Saphires.
14 His hands as gold rings als are set with Berill richly made,
His belly as bright ivory is with Saphires overlaid.
15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: his countenance is as Leba∣non, excellent as the Cedars.
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15 His legs like Marble pillars are, on fine gold sockets set;
His count'nance is as Lebanon, as Cedars passing great.
16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is alto∣gether lovely: This is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Ierusalem.
16 Most sweet his mouth is, yea he is most lovely altogether:
This my Belov'd, and this my Friend is, O thou Salems daughter.