The Shulamite
A thousand ways My love expressed
My song to sing of all the best
My love poured out with all My heart
To call her out and set apart.
A thousand ways My love expressed
Her heart devotion is My request
But in return from the black abyss
I am offered back a "Judas kiss."
Betrayal ! Betrayal ! My heart does ache
Like a painful sting of a venomous snake
She has been found in her lover's bed
And eaten of his covenant bread.
Her secrets now are brought to light
And for her soul there'll be a fight
Her lovers sue, a case they bring
And still My song I continue to sing.
A thousand ways I sing My song
With chastening love her life prolong
One by one her lovers die
With repented tears do purify.
A thousand ways My love expressed
My one true love put through the test
The testing trials will take their toll
As the purging fires refine her soul.
But still a thousand songs I sing
And love for her the best I bring
There is no relenting day or night
All for the heart of the Shulamite.
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