7 Thou `art' all fair, my friend, And a blemish there is not in thee. Come from Lebanon, O spouse,
Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, Lo, thou `art' fair, thine eyes `are' doves!
How good have been thy tents, O Jacob, Thy tabernacles, O Israel;
All glory `is' the daughter of the king within, Of gold-embroidered work `is' her clothing.
Lo, thou `art' fair, my friend, lo, thou `art' fair, Thine eyes `are' doves behind thy veil, Thy hair as a row of the goats That have shone from mount Gilead,
The husbands! love your own wives, as also the Christ did love the assembly, and did give himself for it, that he might sanctify it, having cleansed `it' with the bathing of the water in the saying, that he might present it to himself the assembly in glory, not having spot or wrinkle, or any of such things, but that it may be holy and unblemished;
in the body of his flesh through the death, to present you holy, and unblemished, and unblameable before himself,
And to Him who is able to guard you not stumbling, and to set `you' in the presence of His glory unblemished, in gladness,
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Commentary on Song of Songs 4 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 4
In this chapter,
Sgs 4:1-7
Here is,
Sgs 4:8-14
These are still the words of Christ to his church, expressing his great esteem of her and affection to her, the opinion he had of her beauty and excellency, the desire he had of, and the delight he had in, her converse and society. And so ought men to love their wives as Christ loves the church, and takes pleasure in it as if it were spotless and had no fault, when yet it is compassed with infirmity. Now, observe here,
Sgs 4:15-16
These seem to be the words of the spouse, the church, in answer to the commendations which Christ, the bridegroom, had given of her as a pleasant fruitful garden. Is she a garden?