Cantar de los cantares 8:9

9 Si es virgen como un muro,
la protegeremos con una torre de plata;
pero si es promiscua como una puerta que gira,
le trabaremos la puerta con una barra de cedro.

Cantar de los cantares 8:9 Meaning and Commentary

Song of Solomon 8:9

If she [be] a wall
Built upon a sure foundation; and firmly established in her faith on Christ, and love to him; and is constant therein, and stands as a wall against the attacks of enemies {b}; we will build upon her a palace of silver;
though at first but as a side wall, yet should become a complete habitation, even a palace for Christ, the King of kings, and, being designed for so illustrious an inhabitant, should be a "silver" one, denoting its worth, value, and splendour; the builders of it are the church and her ministers; though Christ is the principal builder, ( Zechariah 6:12 Zechariah 6:15 ) ( Psalms 127:1 ) . Or, "a tower of silver" ^F3, signifying, that she should be well fortified, and be put into a posture of defence against her enemies: the Gentile church at first had but a very small appearance of a building, a foundation just laid, a side wall erected; but, in a short time, a noble structure, a stately tower, a silver palace, were built for God; and if she [be] a door, we will enclose her with boards of cedar;
if the door of the Gospel was opened among the Gentiles, it should be succeeded to the building a holy temple to the Lord; which should be not only ornamented, but so well fenced, that it should not be in the power of their enemies to deface and demolish it: or if the door of their hearts was opened, to receive Christ, and his glorious train of grace, they should be adorned and beautified with a larger measure of them; or if being come into a church state, and the door of it was set open to receive good men, and exclude bad men, this would be to their honour comfort and safety: or this phrase is expressive of the finishing of the building, the gate or door being set up; though it rather seems to intend the low and mean estate of the Gentile church at first, when there was but little appearance of a building, only a door set up; which afterwards grew up into a stately and magnificent palace, like that of Solomon's, built of cedar boards of the wood of Lebanon; which may denote her fragrancy, perpetuity, and incorruptibleness.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 So Ajax is called the wall of the Grecians, Homer. Iliad. 6. v. 5. & 7. v. 211.
F3 (Pok tryj) "propugnaculum argenteum", Tigurine version; "arcem argenteam", Mercerus; "castellum argenti", Michaelis.

Cantar de los cantares 8:9 In-Context

7 Las muchas aguas no pueden apagar el amor,
ni los ríos pueden ahogarlo.
Si un hombre tratara de comprar amor
con toda su fortuna,
su oferta sería totalmente rechazada.

8 Los hermanos de la joven
Tenemos una hermanita
demasiado joven para tener pechos.
¿Qué haremos con nuestra hermana
si alguien pide casarse con ella?

9 Si es virgen como un muro,
la protegeremos con una torre de plata;
pero si es promiscua como una puerta que gira,
le trabaremos la puerta con una barra de cedro.

10 La joven
Yo era virgen como un muro,
ahora mis pechos son como torres.
Cuando mi amante me mira
se deleita con lo que ve.

11 Salomón tiene un viñedo en Baal-hamón
y lo renta a arrendatarios.
Cada uno de ellos paga mil monedas de plata
por cosechar la fruta.