Cantares de Salomâo 8:8-14

8 Temos uma irmã pequena, que ainda não tem seios; que faremos por nossa irmã, no dia em que ela for pedida em casamento?

9 Se ela for um muro, edificaremos sobre ela uma torrezinha de prata; e, se ela for uma porta, cercá-la-emos com tábuas de cedro.

10 Eu era um muro, e os meus seios eram como as suas torres; então eu era aos seus olhos como aquela que acha paz.

11 Teve Salomão uma vinha em Baal-Hamom; arrendou essa vinha a uns guardas; e cada um lhe devia trazer pelo seu fruto mil peças de prata.

12 A minha vinha que me pertence está diante de mim; tu, ó Salomão, terás as mil peças de prata, e os que guardam o fruto terão duzentas.

13 ç tu, que habitas nos jardins, os companheiros estão atentos para ouvir a tua voz; faze-me, pois, também ouvi-la:

14 Vem depressa, amado meu, e faze-te semelhante ao gamo ou ao filho da gazela sobre os montes dos aromas.

Cantares de Salomâo 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.