43 SNG , HAB Delete Speaker Comments

22-SNG.usfm

@@ -10,10 +10,9 @@
 \c 1
 \p
 \v 1 This is King Solomon's most beautiful song.
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 2 I wish he would kiss me on my lips,
-\s2 The woman speaks to her lover
 \q2 because your love for me is more delightful than wine.
 \q1
 \v 3 The fragrance of the perfume on your skin is very sweet.
@@ -23,16 +22,16 @@
 \q1
 \v 4 Take me quickly;
 \q2 take me to your home.
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1 He is like a king to me;
 \q2 he has brought me into his bedroom.
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1 I am very happy about you;
 \q2 my love for you is better than wine.
 \q2 It is not surprising that the other young women adore you.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the other women
+\p
 \q1
 \v 5 You women of Jerusalem,
 \q2 I am dark but beautiful;
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@
 \q2 so I was not able to take good care of my body.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1
 \v 7 You whom I love, where will you take your flock of sheep today?
 \q2 Where will you allow them to rest at noontime?
@@ -53,7 +52,7 @@
 \q2 looking for you among the flocks that belong to your friends.
 
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-\s2 Her lover answering her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 You who are the most beautiful of all the women,
 \q2 if you search for me and do not know where I will take my sheep,
@@ -61,6 +60,7 @@
 \q2 Then allow your young goats to graze near the shepherds' tents.
 
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+\p
 \q1
 \v 9 You are beautiful, my darling, like one of the young female horses
 \q2 that pull the chariots belonging to the king of Egypt.
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
 \q2 that are decorated with silver.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
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 \q1
 \v 12 While the king was on his couch,
 \q2 the smell of my perfume spread around the room.
@@ -82,14 +82,14 @@
 \v 14 He is like a bunch of flowers from the vineyards at En Gedi.
 
 \s5
-\s2 Her lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 15 You whom I love, you are beautiful;
 \q2 you are very beautiful!
 \q1 Your eyes are as delightful as doves.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1
 \v 16 You who love me, you are very delightful,
 \q2 you are wonderful!
@@ -100,17 +100,16 @@
 
 \s5
 \c 2
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
 \q1
 \v 1 I am like an insignificant flower in the plains,
 \q2 like an insignificant lily growing in a valley.
-\s2 Her lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 2 Among all the other young women,
 \q2 you, the one whom I love, are like a lily growing among thorns!
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
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 \q1
 \v 3 Among all the other men, this man is the one who loves me; he is like a tree that grows in the forest.
 \q2 Under his shade I am safe from the sun.
@@ -120,18 +119,18 @@
 \q2 where he made love to me as if he were covering me with his love.
 
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-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
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 \q1
 \v 5 Refresh me and strengthen me with your lovemaking.
 \q2 It is like eating raisins and other fruit
 \q2 because I want you to love me even more.
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 6 I hope he puts his left arm under my head
 \q2 and holds me close with his right arm.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the other women
+\p
 \q1
 \v 7 You young women of Jerusalem,
 \q2 I want you to take an oath, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@
 \q2 until the right time comes.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 I hear the voice of the man who loves me.
 \q2 It is as though he is leaping over the mountains
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@
 \q1 and your face is lovely."
 
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-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
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 \q1
 \v 15 There are other men who ruin women as wild dogs ruin vineyards;
 \q2 do not allow those men to attack me.
@@ -190,14 +189,13 @@
 \v 16 This man whom I love—I belong to him, and he belongs to me.
 \q2 He takes great pleasure in kissing my lips,
 \q2 as sheep love to graze in pastures.
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1
 \v 17 You whom I love, you must go away before dawn, when the darkness disappears.
 \q2 Go away quickly, like a gazelle or like a young deer running on the high hills.
 
 \s5
 \c 3
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
 \q1
 \v 1 During the entire night while I lay on my bed,
 \q2 I was longing to see the one I love with all my heart.
@@ -225,7 +223,7 @@
 \q2 to the room where my mother had conceived me.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the other women
+\p
 \q1
 \v 5 You women of Jerusalem,
 \q2 solemnly promise me, while the does and gazelles are listening, that you will not
@@ -233,7 +231,7 @@
 \q2 until we are ready to stop.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 6 What is that I see coming from the wilderness,
 \q2 something that is stirring up dust like a column of smoke—
@@ -260,6 +258,7 @@
 \q2 and the back of the litter was embroidered with gold.
 \q1 The seat was covered with purple cloth
 \q2 lovingly made by the women of Jerusalem.
+\p
 \q1
 \v 11 You women of Jerusalem,
 \q2 come and look at King Solomon
@@ -269,7 +268,6 @@
 
 \s5
 \c 4
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
 \q1
 \v 1 My darling, you are beautiful,
 \q2 you are very beautiful!
@@ -313,6 +311,7 @@
 \q2 your body is perfectly formed!
 
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+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 My darling, it is as though you were in Lebanon
 \q2 far away, where I cannot reach you.
@@ -361,7 +360,7 @@
 \v 15 You are like a fountain in a garden,
 \q2 like a spring of clear water
 \q2 that flows down from the mountains of Lebanon.
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1
 \v 16 I want the north wind and the south wind to come
 \q2 and blow on my garden
@@ -371,19 +370,18 @@
 
 \s5
 \c 5
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
 \q1
 \v 1 You who are most dear to me,
 \q2 I have come to be next to you.
 \q1 It will be as though I am gathering myrrh with my other spices,
 \q2 eating my honey and honeycomb,
 \q2 and drinking my wine and my milk.
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1 Friends, enjoy making love;
 \q2 fully enjoy all that you do with each other.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 2 I was asleep, and I had a dream.
 \q2 In it I heard my lover knocking at the door.
@@ -403,6 +401,7 @@
 \q2 and I was thrilled in my inner being that he was there.
 
 \s5
+\p
 \q1
 \v 5 I got up to open the door for him,
 \q2 but first I put a lot of myrrh on my hands.
@@ -426,7 +425,7 @@
 \q2 those men who were guarding the city walls took my robe.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the women of the city
+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 You young women of Jerusalem,
 \q2 I want you to take an oath
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@
 \q2 you will tell him that I want him so much that I feel sick.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The women of the city speaking to the woman
+\p
 \q1
 \v 9 You who are the fairest among women,
 \q2 why do you think that the one who loves you is better than other men?
@@ -442,7 +441,7 @@
 \q2 Why do you want us to swear that we will tell him that?
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the women of the city
+\p
 \q1
 \v 10 It is because the man who loves me is handsome and healthy,
 \q2 outstanding among other men.
@@ -488,7 +487,6 @@
 
 \s5
 \c 6
-\s2 The women of Jerusalem speaking to the woman
 \q1
 \v 1 You who are the most beautiful of the women,
 \q2 where has the one who loves you gone?
@@ -496,7 +494,7 @@
 \q2 we will go with you to search for him.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 2 The one who loves me has come to me—I, who am like his garden.
 \q2 He has come to enjoy my charms,
@@ -508,7 +506,7 @@
 \q2 like sheep enjoy grazing.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 4 My darling, you are beautiful,
 \q2 as Tirzah the capital city of Israel and Jerusalem the capital city of Judah are beautiful;
@@ -533,7 +531,7 @@
 \q2 your cheeks are like the halves of a pomegranate.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to himself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 Even if a king had sixty queens and eighty concubines
 \q2 and more young women than anyone can count,
@@ -545,14 +543,14 @@
 \q2 and the queens and concubines recognize that you are very beautiful.
 
 \s5
-\s2 What the queens and the concubines said
+\p
 \q1
 \v 10 Who is this who looks like the dawn,
 \q2 who is as beautiful to look at as the moon,
 \q2 who is an endless mystery?
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to himself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 11 I went down to some walnut trees
 \q2 to look at the new plants that were growing in the valley.
@@ -563,17 +561,17 @@
 \q2 I were riding in a chariot belonging to a prince.
 
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-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 13 You who are the perfect one,
 \q2 come back to us so that I may see you!
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1 Why do you want to look at me, the one who is perfect,
 \q2 dancing between two rows of dancers?
 
 \s5
 \c 7
-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 1 You, the daughter of a prince,
 \q2 have lovely feet in your sandals.
@@ -623,7 +621,7 @@
 \q2 I want it to be as if it was wine flowing over our mouths and teeth.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1
 \v 10 I belong to the man who loves me,
 \q2 and he desires me.
@@ -648,7 +646,6 @@
 
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 \c 8
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
 \q1
 \v 1 I wish that everyone knew that we love each other, just as they all know that I have a brother,
 \q1 my own brother, who nursed at my mother's breasts.
@@ -661,24 +658,24 @@
 \q2 to where our mother, who taught me so many things, lives.
 \q1 I would like to take you to our mother's house so I could make love to you there.
 \q1 That would be as delightful as juice squeezed from pomegranates, as wine mixed with spices.
-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 3 Oh yes! He will put his left arm under my head,
 \q2 and he will hold me close with his right arm.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman speaking to the other women
+\p
 \q1
 \v 4 I want you to promise me, you women of Jerusalem,
 \q1 that you will not disturb us while we are making love
 \q2 until we are ready to stop."
 
 \s5
-\s2 The women of Jerusalem speaking
+\p
 \q1
 \v 5 Who is that woman who is coming up from the wilderness,
 \q2 the woman who is leaning on the man who loves her?
-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
+\p
 \q1 I woke you up when you were under the apricot tree
 \q2 at the place where your mother conceived you,
 \q2 the place where she gave birth to you.
@@ -701,7 +698,7 @@
 \q2 she would refuse.
 
 \s5
-\s2 The woman's brothers speaking among themselves
+\p
 \q1
 \v 8 We have a younger sister,
 \q2 and her breasts are not large yet.
@@ -715,14 +712,14 @@
 \q2 we will decorate her with bits of cedar wood.
 
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-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
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 \q1
 \v 10 My chest was previously flat like a wall,
 \q2 but now my breasts are big like towers.
 \q1 So I am delightful to my beloved.
 
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-\s2 The woman speaking to herself
+\p
 \q1
 \v 11 King Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon,
 \q1 and he rented it to people for them to farm it.
@@ -734,14 +731,14 @@
 \q2 but I will give two hundred pieces of silver to those who take care of me.
 
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-\s2 The woman's lover speaking to her
+\p
 \q1
 \v 13 You are staying in the gardens;
 \q2 my friends are listening to your voice,
 \q2 so allow me to hear it also!
 
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-\s2 The woman speaking to her lover
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 \q1
 \v 14 You who love me, come to me quickly;
 \q2 run to me like a gazelle or young deer,