1:7), and the repeated emphasis on the theme of seeking/finding bind these verses together" (The Song of Songs, Hermeneia Commentaries, p. 146, note on 3:1-5). The beauty of its language and thought elevate the sexual and physical relationship to a much higher level than does the world. In the first place, the cry of a truly awakened soul, for personal enjoyment of Jesus and all his benefits, is here strongly expressed, Tell me, O thou, whom my soul loveth! 1:7 graze # 6:2 Or to pasture his flock; also verse 3 in the gardens. It is at all events the part. All imply estrangement from the Bridegroom. This is common in all countries, in the summer heats, where shelter can be had. The spouse perceives this, and runs towards him. BibliographyPhilpot, Joseph Charles. forte euphone ., is, with the single exception of Job 7:20, always milra , while with the Dag . of עטי which is here treated after the manner of the strong verb, the kindred form to the equally possible עטה (from 'âṭaja ) and עטיּה . Lex. Martial, 9:32) one who muffles herself up, because by such affected apparent modesty she wishes to make herself known as a Hierodoule or harlot. Being reproached and persecuted by others, I flee to thee, O my only refuge and joy, and I beg direction and help from thee. 1854-1889. (f) "quomodo pascas?" Moreover, Scripture also describes governing as a tending of sheep; and the Messiah, of whom Solomon is a type, is specially represented as the future Good Shepherd. The sheep of Christ, who are the objects of his care, can best describe what is implied in this one feature of their Lord's love towards them. xxii. (Worthington) --- He doubts not of her fidelity. It is possible that Solomon himself wrote the Song. Reader! Nehemiah 13:26), or "the dearly beloved of my soul" (cf. 3. other fermented juices https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/gsb/song-of-solomon-1.html. Oh! "Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible ". fem. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jfu/song-of-solomon-1.html. 2 My beloved has gone down to his # ch. Westerners easily blush at this genre of poetry! Song of Solomon 1:7. But if we are really His we should know where we can find Him, for He is in our hearts (Ephesians 3:17-19), and nearer than hands and feet, and we know that we can approach Him constantly in prayer in the inner room (Matthew 6:6), and that where two or three gather in His Name He is there among us (Matthew 18..20). John Trapp Complete Commentary. To rest at noon - In hot countries the shepherds and their flocks are obliged to retire to shelter during the burning heats of the noon-day sun. Indeed, velans , viz., sese , cannot denote one whom consciousness veils, one who is weak or fainting (Gesen. By the flocks of thy companions — The assemblies of corrupt teachers and worshippers. Song Of Songs {I.S.B.E.} makest … to rest — distinct from “feedest”; periods of rest are vouchsafed after labor (Isaiah 4:6; Isaiah 49:10; Ezekiel 34:13-15). John 6:27-58. She hears His voice, and addresses none but Himself. It is partly here, too, revised. The opposite spirit to 1 Corinthians 3:4. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/mpc/song-of-solomon-1.html. One that turneth aside; or, a wanderer, or vagabond, like a neglected and forlorn creature, exposed both to censure and danger, from both which it belongs to thee, my Husband, to protect and save me. feedest—tendest thy flock (Isa 40:11; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 2:25; 5:4; Re 7:17). The entreaty “O tell me” appears certainly to require (cf. BibliographyClarke, Adam. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/tsk/song-of-solomon-1.html. https:https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/jcp/song-of-solomon-1.html. Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:7,8 (Read Song of Solomon 1:7,8) Observe the title given to Christ, O Thou whom my soul loveth. On the other hand there were, of course, always some who, like this young maiden, sought out ‘Him Whom their soul loved’ (1 Kings 19:18; Isaiah 8:16). Song of Solomon 2:1-7 “Close by these lilies there grew several of the thorny shrubs of the desert; but above them rose the lily, spreading out its fresh green leaf as a contrast to the dingy verdure of these prickly shrubs—‘like the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.’” –Horatius Bonar . "Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:7". And shall one that loves Jesus, be as one that loves him not? You will get neither in the world. Song of Solomon Chapter 8 Analysis Verse 1. At the start, the couple are not yet engaged. Tell me, &c. — Notwithstanding all these discouragements and afflictions, which I suffer for thy sake, and for my love to thee. Have you yourself experienced the tenderness of your Shepherd? "Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:7". She wishes to know where he feeds, viz., his flock, where he causes it (viz., his flock) to lie down at mid-day. "Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:7". Her intercourse with Him is peculiar. How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O prince’s daughter: This begins another extended description of the maiden’s beauty. This איכה elsewhere means quomodo , and is the key-word of the Kîna , as איך is of the Mashal (the satire); the Song uses for it, in common with the Book of Esther, איככה . The communion of saints is sweet: but, oh! Song of Solomon 3:1-7. doth not your very soul cry out, in the contemplation of this unequalled love of the Lord Jesus, Lord! It is thereby supposed that the companions of her only beloved among the shepherds might not treat that which to her is holy with a holy reserve, - a thought to which Hattendorff has given delicate expression in his exposition of the Song, 1867. See Job 23:6. And that his people might know him as such, as suited to all their wants and circumstances, he is expressly distinguished under the various names of the great Shepherd, Hebrews 13:20; the good Shepherd, John 10:11; the chief Shepherd, 1 Peter 5:4, and the like; intimating that he is exactly suited to every case of his flock. If we would be fed, we must follow the Shepherd through the whole breadth of His Word, and not stay on one spot alone. 1 Where has your beloved gone, O # [See ch. Or, "tell me how thou feedest" (f); the manner of it, and with what; which he does by his ministers, word, and ordinances; with himself, the bread of life; with the doctrines and promises of the Gospel, and with the discoveries of his love; where thou makest thy flocks to rest at noon, either at the noon of temptation, when Satan's fiery darts fly thick and fast; when Christ is a shadow and shelter in his person, grace, blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, Isaiah 25:4; or the noon of affliction, when he makes their bed in it, and gives them rest from adversity; or the noon of persecution, when Christ leads his flocks to cooling shades, and gives them rest in himself, when troubled by others: the allusion, is to shepherds, in hot countries, leading their flocks to some shady place, where they may be sheltered from the scorching heat of the sun; which, as Virgil says (g), was at the fourth hour, or ten o'clock, two hours before noon; we read of (h), sheep nooning themselves, or lying down at noon, under a shade, by a fountain, asleep; for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? Genesis 37:19) the presence of one to whom she addresses herself. He who is ignorant of himself, must be so likewise of God, (Calmet) and will be sentenced to feed goats. And in the same way today the heart of His true people is called on to continually seek Him in His ‘tent’ (Hebrews 8:1-2), desiring to look at Him with unveiled face so that they may behold His glory and be made like Him as they are in process of being changed from glory into glory (2 Corinthians 3:18; 2 Corinthians 4:6). §530. For why should I be . Why should I be as one that turneth aside? "The Adam Clarke Commentary". Song of Solomon 1:7. Where causest thou it (thy flock) to lie down at noon? 1. to tread in the footsteps of the flock, to walk in the way in which the saints of old have walked, in the path of tribulation and faith; 2. if you are favored in any way to live within reach of the shepherds" tents, and have the privilege of hearing the gospel preached in its purity and power, to bring your young goats in your arms beside the tent, and to put them down to feed on the juicy herbage. Which had been detained at home. Together in the Garden of Love. . The time for encamping is the mid-day, which as the time of the double-light, i.e., the most intense light in its ascending and descending, is called צהרים. Whereby he means the time of persecution, when it is hard to discover the true church, because she is deformed by it, and because she is obscured and driven into the wilderness. This is what my soul would plead, in the double plea, of the sovereign grace of God the Father's covenant love, and God the Redeemer's justifying blood and righteousness: and sure I am, as Job justly argued; God will not plead against me with his great power, when he hath put the strength of his own salvation in me. thy flock . In the next place, we may observe the unanswerable strength of the arguments the Church makes use of to prevail with Jesus. ad Eustoc.) The vocat., "O thou whom my soul loveth," is connected with אתּה, which lies hid in הגּידה ("inform thou"). not real associates with Christ, that keep company with him, and are attached to his word and ordinances; but false friends, hypocrites and hereticsF9So Stockius, p. 302. , rivals with him, who set up schemes of worship and doctrine in opposition to his; such as Papists, Socinians, &c. now such false teachers have had their flocks in all ages, such as have followed them, and have formed separate societies; and therefore the church, sensible of their craftiness, and her own weakness, and liableness to go astray, desires she might not be under, and left to such a temptation, as to apostatize from Christ, and join to such persons and their flocks, or seem to do so: or, "be as one that covereth herself", or "is covered"F11כעטיה "quasi operiens se", Piscator; "ut obnubens", Cocceius; "sicut obvelans se", Marckius; "velut operta", Michaelis. 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