Cantico dei Cantici 8:8-14

8 Noi abbiamo una piccola sorella, La quale non ha ancora mammelle; Che faremo noi alla nostra sorella, Quando si terrà ragionamento di lei?

9 Se ella è un muro, Noi vi edificheremo sopra un palazzo d’argento; E se è un uscio, Noi la rinforzeremo di tavole di cedro.

10 Io sono un muro, Ed i miei seni son come torri; Allora sono stata nel suo cospetto come quella che ha trovata pace.

11 Salomone avea una vigna in Baal-hamon, Ed egli la diede a de’ guardiani, Con patti che ciascun di loro gli portasse mille sicli d’argento Per lo frutto di essa.

12 La mia vigna, che è mia, è davanti a me. Sieno i mille sicli tuoi, o Salomone; Ed abbianne i guardiani del frutto di essa dugento.

13 O tu, che dimori ne’ giardini, I compagni attendono alla tua voce; Fammela udire.

14 Riduciti prestamente, o amico mio, A guisa di cavriuolo, o di cerbiatto, Sopra i monti degli aromati.

Cantico dei Cantici 8:8-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 8

This chapter begins with an ardent wish of the church for a free and intimate converse with Christ; declaring what she would do to him, and for him, should she have such an interview with him, So 8:1,2; what familiarity should be between them, So 8:3; charging the daughters of Jerusalem not to give him any disturbance, So 8:4. Upon which they inquire who she was that was in such a posture they saw her in, So 8:5; when the church, instead of giving them an answer, says some things concerning her beloved, on whom they saw her leaning; and makes some requests to him for more nearness to him, and manifestations of his love to her; urged from the strength her love and affections to him, which was invincible, So 8:6,7. Next follows a speech of the church about her little sister; expressing a concern for her, and what she would do to her and with her, So 8:8,9; and the answer of the little sister, declaring what she, was, and what she enjoyed, So 8:10; then the words of the church again, concerning her husband's vineyard; the place, keepers, and profit of it, So 8:11,12. And the chapter, and with it the Song, is concluded with a request of Christ to the church, that he might hear her voice, So 8:13; and with a petition of hers to him, that he would come quickly to her, So 8:14.