Song Of Solomon

Song Of Solomon 2

1The mutual love of Christ and His church. 8The hope, 10and calling of the church. 14Christ's care of the church. 16The profession of the church, her faith and hope.

1I AM ^athe rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.

a Is. 7.14; 9.6; 4.2; 35.1. Jn. 15.1; 1.14. Phi. 2.6-11. ch. 5.10-16.

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

b Ps. 16.3. Mat. 10.16. Phi. 2.15,16.

3As the ^capple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. ¹I sat down ^dunder his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my ²taste.

c ch. 1.16; 5.10-16. Is. 4.2; 9.6,7. d Is. 4.6; 32.2. 1Jn. 1.3,7. Re. 22.1,2.

4^eHe brought me to the ³banqueting house, and ^fhis banner over me was love.

e ch. 1.4,7,8,16. Ps. 26.8; 84.2,10. f Jn. 15.9-15. Ps. 60.4. Is. 11.10. Ro. 5.5,8. 1Jn. 4.9,10,19.

5^g*Stay me with flagons, ⁴comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.

g He. 12.13. Is. 35.3. Ps. 116.7,12,13; 119.81. ch. 5.8. 2Sa. 7.20. Lu. 24.32.

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

h ch. 8.3-5. Ps. 23.4; 37.3-7; 63.3,4; 138.3,7. 1Jn. 3.24. Ep. 5.29,30. 2Co. 12.

7⁵I ⁱcharge 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.

i ch. 1.5; 3.5; 8.4.

8¶The ^jvoice of my beloved! behold, ^khe cometh leaping upon the mountains, skipping upon the hills.

j Jn. 10.4,5,27. k Zep. 3.17. Je. 32.41. Is. 40.4,5; 43.25; 44.22; 57.18.

9My ^lbeloved is like a roe or a young ^*hart: behold, ^mhe standeth behind our wall, he looketh forth at the windows, ⁶shewing himself through the lattice.

l v.17. ch. 8.14. m 1Co. 13.12. 2Co. 3.18. Col. 2.17. Lu. 24.35.

10ⁿMy beloved spake, and said unto me, ^oRise up, my love, my fair one, and come away.

n v.8. Je. 31.3. 2Sa. 23.3. Ps. 85.8. o v.13. ch. 4.8; 5.2. Jn. 7.37. Re. 22.17.

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

p Ep. 5.8. Da. 9.24. Lu. 24.26. Is. 40.2. Re. 11.15.

12The ^qflowers appear on the earth; ^rthe time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the ^s*turtle is heard in our land;

q v.13. ch. 4.12-14; 6.2,11; 7.8,12,13. Is. 35.1,2. Ac. 3.21. r Ac. 1.7,8. Mar. 16.15. Ps. 89.15. 1Th. 1.5. 1Pe. 1.12. s Ps. 74.19. Je. 8.7.

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

t v.12,15. ch. 7.8,12,13; 6.11. Eze. 47.12. Is. 61.11. u v.10. Is. 60.1. Ps. 50.5.

14¶^vO my dove, ^wthat art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the ^xstairs, ^ylet me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; for sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.

v ch. 1.15; 4.1; 5.2. Mat. 10.16. Eze. 7.16. w Ezr. 9.6. Da. 9.7. Ps. 91.1,2,9. 1Co. 1.30; 10.4. x Eze. 38.20. y ch. 8.13. He. 4.16; 10.22. Ep. 1.6. 1Pe. 2.5. Pr. 15.8. Re. 5.8.

15^zTake us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have ^atender grapes.

z Eze. 13.4. Ac. 15.24. Tit. 3.10. Re. 2.2. a v.13. Ps. 110.3.

16¶^bMy beloved is mine, and I am his: he ^cfeedeth among the lilies.

b Ps. 63.1. 1Co. 3.23. ch. 6.3; 7.10. Jn. 20.28. Ga. 2.20. Je. 32.41. Zep. 3.17. Re. 7.17; 21.3. c ch. 4.5; 6.3.

17Until the ^dday break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou ^elike a roe or a young ^*hart upon the mountains ⁷of Bether.

d ch. 4.6. Lu. 1.78. 2Pe. 1.19. e ch. 8.14. v.9.