Song of Solomon 2

Which worship songs are based on Song of Solomon 2?

  1. Hold Me Down — Ariel Fitz-Patrick (2025) Song of Solomon 2:1

    The floral title applied to God draws directly from the image in Song of Songs, though its identification with Christ reflects later Christian and gospel tradition rather than the verse’s original speaker and context.

  2. I Will Move on Up a Little Higher — Mahalia Jackson (2011) Song of Solomon 2:1

    The two floral titles derive directly from this verse. The song applies them to Christ through traditional Christian interpretation, although the original passage belongs to a dialogue between lovers.

  3. Sonseed — Sonseed (2009) Song of Solomon 2:1

    The floral description of Jesus associated with Sharon invokes this passage through the traditional Christian identification of its flower with Christ. In the biblical poem itself, the description belongs to the female speaker rather than explicitly to Jesus.

  4. My One Safe Place — Andrew Peterson (2015) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The banner above the couple recalls this passage’s depiction of love as a banner over the beloved. Its placement immediately after a direct quotation from Song of Songs makes the allusion unmistakable.

  5. Ever Glorious — Elevation Worship (2014) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The chorus adapts the image of the beloved's banner above the speaker, identifying that banner with Christ's cross. The song's emphasis on Christ's enduring love reinforces this connection.

  6. Banner — Cody Carnes (2017) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The chorus directly adapts the Song of Songs image of love as a banner displayed over the beloved.

  7. The Banner — Josh Garrels (2019) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The bridge closely adapts the verse's image of a beloved's banner being love, applying that covering and protective love directly to Jesus.

  8. Banner (feat. Vernon Byrd) — Todd Galberth & Vernon Byrd (2025) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The song directly adapts the verse’s image of a banner of love placed over the beloved, applying it to the enduring love of God.

  9. God of My Days — Gateway Worship (2008) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The second verse identifies divine love with a banner, drawing on the distinctive image of the beloved's banner of love. The song applies this romantic image to God's protective and guiding care.

  10. Banner of Love — Luminate (2012) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The song’s central image joins a banner with love, closely echoing the beloved’s banner in this verse. The song applies that image to Jesus and extends it into a public expression of divine love.

  11. Consider the Ravens — Dustin Kensrue (2007) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The bridge closely adapts the distinctive image of love as a banner above the speaker. The song applies this originally romantic image to its prayerful relationship with God.

  12. Good & Loved (feat. Steffany Gretzinger) — Travis Greene & Steffany Gretzinger (2019) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The song directly invokes the Song of Songs image of love as a banner displayed over the beloved.

  13. Lift You High - Live — Housefires & Kirby Kaple & Dante Bowe (2020) Song of Solomon 2:4

    The image of love as a banner over the gathered people directly adapts the distinctive metaphor from Song of Songs.

  14. Awaken Love — Lacey Sturm (2021) Song of Solomon 2:7

    The song adopts the book’s repeated language about awakening love and combines it with its distinctive imagery of wine, fragrance, the beloved’s name, being drawn away, and searching for the beloved. It turns the biblical warning against awakening love prematurely into an invitation now that covenantal union is desired.

  15. Meus Votos - Ao Vivo — MORADA (2020) Song of Solomon 2:8

    The chorus closely reproduces the image of the beloved approaching by leaping across the mountains, applying the Song of Songs imagery to Jesus as the awaited Bridegroom.

  16. Asleep in the Light — Keith Green (2008) Song of Solomon 2:10

    The outro closely adapts the beloved's invitation to depart together in Song of Solomon. The song places that intimate summons in an apparent address from Christ to the listener.

  17. Treasure — Flyleaf (2009) Song of Solomon 2:10-13

    The song explicitly names Song of Songs and adapts the beloved's invitation to rise. Its romantic, outdoor setting reinforces the connection to this passage's invitation amid renewed natural beauty.

  18. Begin Again — Jason Gray (2014) Song of Solomon 2:10-12

    The bridge closely adapts the lover's invitation to rise and come away, followed by the announcement that winter has ended and the season of flowers has arrived. The song applies this romantic, seasonal imagery to its invitation into renewed hope.

  19. My Beloved — Kari Jobe (2016) Song of Solomon 2:10-13

    The invitation addressed to a beloved and beautiful bride closely follows the bridegroom’s summons in Song of Songs to arise and accompany him.

  20. Intimacy — Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser (2011) Song of Solomon 2:10

    The outro's invitation to withdraw together echoes the beloved's summons in this verse. The song's sustained romantic address strengthens the identification with Song of Songs rather than a generic divine call.

  21. Rejoice — Sean Feucht (2009) Song of Solomon 2:11-12

    The chorus and outro closely adapt the announcement that winter has passed and the season of flowers and singing has arrived. The song places this seasonal image within its broader celebration of divine restoration.

  22. The Nazarite — Chaotic Resemblance (2022) Song of Solomon 2:15

    The image of foxes threatening a vine unmistakably adapts the warning about foxes damaging vineyards in Song of Songs.

  23. My Beloved — Chris Tomlin (2008) Song of Solomon 2:16

    The refrain closely adapts the lover's declaration of mutual belonging, applying the relationship language of Song of Songs to the worshipper's bond with Christ.

  24. Never Saw You Coming — Bebo Norman (2008) Song of Solomon 2:16

    The chorus closely adapts the verse’s declaration of reciprocal belonging between lovers. Addressed here to God, that relationship becomes an expression of spiritual intimacy and surrender.

  25. Give Me Jesus (feat. Abbie Gamboa) — UPPERROOM & Abbie Gamboa (2021) Song of Solomon 2:16

    The declaration of reciprocal belonging closely echoes the Song of Songs language in which the beloved and lover identify themselves as mutually each other’s.

  26. In Christ Alone - Live — Keith & Kristyn Getty (2013) Song of Solomon 2:16

    The declaration of reciprocal belonging closely adapts the lovers' mutual-belonging formula, applying it devotionally to the believer and Christ.

Song of Solomon 2 (King James Version)

1 I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

2 As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

3 As 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, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.

4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love.

5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.

7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

8 The voice of my beloved! behold, he cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

9 My beloved is like a roe or a young hart: behold, he standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, shewing himself through the lattice.

10 My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

11 For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone;

12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;

13 The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

14 O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.

16 My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.

17 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.