Song of Songs 7:6

6 How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, love!

Song of Songs 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 7:6

How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!
] These are the words of the King in the galleries, wondering at the church's beauty, it being incomparable and inexpressible, it could not be said well how great it was; and expressing the strength of his love to her, which was invariably the same as ever. Of the "fairness" of the church, and of this title, "love", see ( Song of Solomon 1:9 Song of Solomon 1:15 ) ( 2:7 ) ; and here she is said also to be "pleasant" to him, as his spouse and bride, in whom he takes infinite delight and pleasure, loving her with a love of complacency and delight; and therefore adds, "for delights", which he had in her before the world was, ( Proverbs 8:31 ) . She was all delight ^F7 to him; her words, her actions and gestures, her comely countenance, her sweet and pleasant voice in prayer and praise, her ravishing looks of faith and love, her heavenly airs, and evangelic walk; in all which she appeared beautiful and delightful, beyond all human thought and expression.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 "Meae deliciae", Plauti Stichus, Act. 5. Sc. 5.

Song of Songs 7:6 In-Context

4 Thy neck is as an ivory tower; thine eyes are as pools in Esebon, by the gates of the daughter of many: thy nose is as the tower of Libanus, looking toward Damascus.

5 Thy head upon thee is as Carmel, and the curls of thy hair like scarlet; the king is bound in the galleries.

6 How beautiful art thou, and how sweet art thou, love!

7 This is thy greatness in thy delights: thou wast made like a palm tree, and thy breasts to cluster.

8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of its high boughs: and now shall thy breasts be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose of apples;