Song of Solomon 4

Which worship songs are based on Song of Solomon 4?

  1. Dove's Eyes — Tasha Cobbs Leonard (2017) Song of Solomon 4:1

    The central image comes directly from the Song of Songs, where the beloved's eyes are compared to doves. The song adapts that romantic-poetic image into a prayer for a pure, undivided gaze toward God.

  2. Closer — Bethel Music & Steffany Gretzinger (2012) Song of Solomon 4:9-10

    The opening adapts the beloved’s capture of the speaker’s heart in verse 9, while the chorus echoes verse 10’s comparison of love with sensory pleasures. The song redirects this romantic language toward God, expressing devotion through the passage’s distinctive imagery.

  3. Dance With the King — Beckah Shae (2008) Song of Solomon 4:9

    The central declaration of a captivated heart closely reproduces the bridegroom’s language in this verse. The song places that romantic expression within an encounter of divine intimacy.

  4. Still Looking Back at Me — Jon Thurlow (2017) Song of Solomon 4:9

    The song presents the woman’s continued gaze toward God as profoundly affecting His heart, closely echoing the beloved’s declaration that a single glance has captivated his heart.

  5. Intimacy — Jonathan David Helser, Melissa Helser (2011) Song of Solomon 4:9

    The claim that a single glance captivates the beloved closely adapts the lover's declaration that one glance has captured his heart. The song applies this romantic imagery to affection directed toward God.

  6. Sweeter Than Wine (live) — John Mark Pantana (2020) Song of Solomon 4:10

    The chorus adapts the Song of Songs' repeated comparison in which love surpasses wine, applying its language of delight to God's love.

  7. Where I Belong — Cory Asbury (2009) Song of Solomon 4:16

    The bridge adapts the invitation for the beloved to enter his garden and enjoy its fruits. Its combination of the beloved, his garden, and an invitation to enjoyment makes the connection specific.

Song of Solomon 4 (King James Version)

1 Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves’ eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

2 Thy teeth are like a flock of sheep that are even shorn, which came up from the washing; whereof every one bear twins, and none is barren among them.

3 Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.

4 Thy neck is like the tower of David builded for an armoury, whereon there hang a thousand bucklers, all shields of mighty men.

5 Thy two breasts are like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

6 Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

7 Thou art all fair, my love; there is no spot in thee.

8 Come with me from Lebanon, my spouse, with me from Lebanon: look from the top of Amana, from the top of Shenir and Hermon, from the lions’ dens, from the mountains of the leopards.

9 Thou hast ravished my heart, my sister, my spouse; thou hast ravished my heart with one of thine eyes, with one chain of thy neck.

10 How fair is thy love, my sister, my spouse! how much better is thy love than wine! and the smell of thine ointments than all spices!

11 Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

12 A garden inclosed is my sister, my spouse; a spring shut up, a fountain sealed.

13 Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; camphire, with spikenard,

14 Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:

15 A fountain of gardens, a well of living waters, and streams from Lebanon.

16 Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.