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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 3:4
I had just passed them when I found the one I love.
from The Bride’s Dream, Song of Songs 3:1-5
What it says

Soon after passing them, she finds the beloved and clings to him until she brings him into her mother's house.

What it is doing

This verse resolves the search with reunion and possessive joy.

In context

1On my bed at night 2I will arise now and go about the city, 3I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city: 4I had just passed them when I found the one I love. 5O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you