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Song of Songs (Cantique des Cantiques) by Gustave Moreau, 1893. The Song of Songs (Biblical Hebrew: שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים , romanized: Šīr hašŠīrīm), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a biblical poem, one of the five megillot ("scrolls") in the Ketuvim ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh.
The psalm is a popular passage for memorization and is often used in sermons. Many phrases in the English translation of the psalm have become individually popular in their own right, in particular, “the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want”, much of verse 4, and “my cup runneth over”.
See media help. " Nearer, My God, to Thee " is a 19th-century Christian hymn by Sarah Flower Adams, which retells the story of Jacob's dream. Genesis 28:11–12 can be translated as follows: "So he came to a certain place and stayed there all night because the sun had set.
"Solomon" is mentioned twice in this chapter (verses 1 and 5); Solomon's name also appears in two other passages (3 times in 3:6–11 and twice in the final chapter 8:10–12), a total of seven times in the whole book. Female: Longing for her lover (1:2–7) Heart shaped shadow cast by a ring on the pages of the Bible. Song of Solomon chapter 1 ...
Antonín Dvořák set verses 1–4 in Czech to music in his Biblical Songs, published in 1894. Zoltán Kodály composed his Geneva Ps CXXI for mixed chorus a cappella), setting the psalm in Hungarian. The setting by William McKie was sung at the wedding of Princess Margaret in 1960 and at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in 2002 ...
George Frideric Handel. Solomon, HWV 67, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel.The anonymous libretto – currently thought to have been penned by the English Jewish poet/playwright Moses Mendes (d.1758) [1] – is based on the biblical stories of the wise king Solomon from the First Book of Kings and the Second Book of Chronicles, with additional material from Antiquities of the Jews by ...
'a song on the ascents'). They are also variously called Gradual Psalms, Fifteen Psalms, Songs of Degrees, Songs of Steps, songs for going up to worship or Pilgrim Songs. Four of them (Psalms 122, 124, 131, and 133) are linked in their ascriptions to David, and one to Solomon. Three of them (Psalms 131, 133, and 134) have only three verses. [1]
Adon Olam. Adon Olam, with transliterated lyrics and melody, from the Jewish Encyclopedia. Adon Olam (Hebrew: אֲדוֹן עוֹלָם; "Eternal Lord" or "Sovereign of the Universe") is a hymn in the Jewish liturgy. It has been a regular part of the daily and Shabbat (Sabbath) liturgy since the 15th century.