Song of Solomon 6:3

3 pulchra es amica mea suavis et decora sicut Hierusalem terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata

Song of Solomon 6:3 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 6:3

I [am] my beloved's, and my beloved [is] mine
Expressive of interest in Christ, and union to him, and of her faith therein; which still continued, notwithstanding her unbecoming behavior toward Christ, and her many infirmities, ( Song of Solomon 5:2 Song of Solomon 5:3 ) . Aben Ezra connects the words with the preceding, "my beloved is gone" but though he is, and I am left alone, I know I am his, and he is mine; which throws a beauty upon the words, and declares the excellency and strength of her faith; for herein lies the glory and excellency of faith, to believe in an unseen Christ: though it may be the Shechinah was with her, as the Targum has it; or Christ had now appeared to her, and was found by her, and therefore, like Thomas, says, "my Lord and my God"; he feedeth among the lilies; (See Gill on Song of Solomon 2:16).

Song of Solomon 6:3 In-Context

1 dilectus meus descendit in hortum suum ad areolam aromatis ut pascatur in hortis et lilia colligat
2 ego dilecto meo et dilectus meus mihi qui pascitur inter lilia
3 pulchra es amica mea suavis et decora sicut Hierusalem terribilis ut castrorum acies ordinata
4 averte oculos tuos a me quia ipsi me avolare fecerunt capilli tui sicut grex caprarum quae apparuerunt de Galaad
5 dentes tui sicut grex ovium quae ascenderunt de lavacro omnes gemellis fetibus et sterilis non est in eis
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