Cantares 1:1

1 El cantar ^[a] de los cantares de Salomón. LA ESPOSA:

Cantares 1:1 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 1:1

The Song of songs, which [is] Solomon's.
] Wrote by Solomon, king of Israel, as the "amanuensis" of the Holy Ghost; and not by Hezekiah and his men, as the Jews say ^F11: or, "concerning Solomon" {l}; Christ, of whom Solomon was a type; see ( Song of Solomon 3:7 ) ; of his person, excellencies, love to his church, care of her, and concern for her; and of the nearness and communion he admitted her to, and indulged her with the Jews have a saying ^F13, that wherever the word Solomon is used in this song, the Holy One is meant, the holy God, or Messiah: it is called "the Song of songs", because the most excellent, as the Holy of holies, King of kings which, with the Hebrews, express a superlative; this being more excellent than the one hundred and five songs, written by Solomon, or than any human composure whatever; yea, preferable to all Scriptural songs, as to subject, manner of style, and copiousness of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F11 T. Bab. Bava Bathra, fol. 15. 1.
F12 (hmlvl) "de Solomone", Cocceius.
F13 Maimon. Yesode Hatorah, c. 6. s. 12.

Cantares 1:1 In-Context

1 El cantar de los cantares de Salomón. LA ESPOSA:

2 ¡Que me bese con los besos de su boca! Porque mejores son tus amores que el vino.

3 Tus unguentos tienen olor agradable, tu nombre es como unguento purificado; por eso te aman las doncellas.

4 Llévame en pos de ti y corramos juntos. El rey me ha conducido a sus cámaras. EL CORO: Nos regocijaremos y nos alegraremos en ti, exaltaremos tu amor más que el vino. Con razón te aman. LA ESPOSA:

5 Soy morena pero preciosa, oh hijas de Jerusalén, como las tiendas de Cedar, como las cortinas de Salomón.

Footnotes

• [a] O, El mejor