1The church's love unto Christ: 5she confesseth her deformity, 7and prayeth to be directed to His flock. 8Christ directeth her to the shepherds' tents: 9and shewing His love to her, 11giveth her gracious promises. 12The church and Christ congratulate one another.
1THE asong of songs, which is Solomon's.
a 1Ki. 4.32.
2bLet him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: cfor 1thy love is better than wine.
1Heb. thy loves.
b Ps. 2.12. ch. 5.10,16; 8.1,14. Lu. 15.20. Jn. 3.29. 2Co. 13.12. c ch. 4.10. Ps. 36.7. Is. 63.7. Ep. 5.2. Re 1.5.
3dBecause of the savour of thy good ointments ethy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the fvirgins love thee.
d Pr. 27.9. 2Co. 2.14. Ps. 45.7,8. Is. 61.1-3. Phi. 2.9,10. 1Co. 1.30. Ps. 45.17; 119.55. e Ec. 7.1. f Re. 14.4. Mat. 25.1. 2Co. 11.2.
4gDraw me, we will run after thee: hthe king hath brought me into his chambers: iwe will be glad and rejoice in thee, jwe will remember thy love more than wine: 2the upright love thee.
2Or, they love thee uprightly. 1Co. 16.22. ch. 3.2-4. v.7. Jn. 21.17.
g Jn. 6.44; 12.32. Je. 31.3. Ho. 11.4. Ps. 43.3,4. Phi. 3.12-14. h Ep. 2.6. ch. 2.3-6; 3.9,11; 7.5; 8.11,12. Is. 26.20. Jn. 14.2. Ps. 45.14,15. i 2Co. 2.14. Is. 45.25; 61.10. Phi. 4.4; 3.3. j Is. 63.7. Ps 48.9; 103.1-17. Re. 1.5. Ga. 2.20. Ro. 5.6-11,21.
5kI am black, but comely, lO ye daughters of Jerusalem, as mthe tents of nKedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
k v.6. Ro. 7.14-25. Is. 64.6. Eze. 16.14. Ps. 45.12,13. l ch. 2.7,11; 3.5,11; 5.8; 6.2. Ga. 4.26. m Ps. 120.5. n Is. 60.7.
6Look not upon me, because oI am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: pmy mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
o Ro. 7.14,24. Ac. 14.22. Mat. 13.6,21. Jn. 16.33. p Mat. 10.22,25. Ps. 51.5. Tit. 1.16. Phi. 3.18,19. 2Co. 11.13,26.
7Tell me, qO thou whom my soul loveth, where rthou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: sfor why should I be 3as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
3Or, as one that is veiled.
q ch. 2.3,16; 3.1-4; 5.8,10,16; 6.3. Ps. 18.1. 1Jn. 4.19. r Jn. 10.9,27,28. Ps. 23.1-6. Re. 7.17. s Ps. 120.5,6. Ep. 4.14; 6.12. Phi. 3.2. Ro. 7.23,24.
8¶If thou know not, tO thou fairest among women, ugo thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
t v.15. ch. 2.10,14; 4.1-14; 5.8; 6.1,4-10; 7.1-7. Ps. 45.13. Eze. 16.14. u Ep. 5.1. He. 6.12; 13.7. Pr. 1.20; 8.34. 1Co. 11.1.
9I have compared thee, vO my love, wto a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
v ch. 2.2,10,13; 4.1,7; 5.7; 6.4. Jn. 15.15. w 2Ch. 1.16,17. Job 39.19,20. 1Ki. 10.28. Is. 31.1.
10xThy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels , thy neck with chains of gold.
x 1Pe. 3.3,4. Mat. 5.16. Phi. 1.2; 2.12-16. 1Ti. 1.5. Ga. 5.6. Eze. 16.11-13.
11yWe will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
y Ge. 1.26. Eze. 16.11-13. 1Co. 1.30; 12.28. Ep. 4.10-13.
12¶While zthe king sitteth at his table, my aspikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
z Mat. 22.4. Re. 3.20. Ex. 20.24. Lu. 24.32. ch. 2.2-7; 4.16. a ch. 4.13,14. Mar. 14.3.
13bA bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
b ch. 2.3; 5.10,16; 3.4; 7.5. Ep. 3.17. 1Pe. 1.8; 2.7. Phi. 3.7-10. 1Jn. 1.7.
14My beloved is unto me as a cluster of 4*camphire in the vineyards of En-gedi.
4Or, cypress, ch. 4.13.
*camphire-henna, Egyptian privet.
15Behold, cthou art fair, 5my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
5Or, my companion.
c ch. 4.1,7,10; 5.12; 7.6. Ep. 1.17,18; 3.18,19.
16dBehold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: ealso our bed is green.
d ch. 2.3; 5.10,16. Phi. 3.8,9. 1Pe. 1.8; 2.7. Col. 2.9. e ch. 3.7,9. 1Jn. 1.3,7. Ps. 110.3; 72.16. Ac. 2.41. Col. 1.5,6. 1Th. 4.5.
17fThe beams of our house are cedar, and our 6rafters of fir.
6Or, galleries, ch. 7.5.
f Ep. 2.20. 1Ti. 3.15. Mat. 16.18. 2Ti. 2.19. Ps. 24.7,9. Jn. 10.28.