All thy garments [smell] of myrrh, and aloes, [and]
cassia,
&c.] Either his human nature, as anointed with the oil of
gladness, and filled with the graces of the Spirit, signified by
the holy anointing oil in the tabernacle, of which the things
mentioned were ingredients, ( Exodus 30:23
Exodus
30:24 ) ; or the garments of salvation and robe of
righteousness, wrought out by him for his people, which are well
pleasing and acceptable to his Father, and of a sweet smelling
savour, being agreeable to his law and justice; and also to
himself, as they are put upon his people; see ( Song of Solomon
4:11 ) . And likewise to them who rejoice at being clothed
with them, and desire to be found in them: or else his people
themselves, who are sometimes compared to a clothing and to
garments, ( Isaiah 49:18
) ; whose persons are to God as the smell of a field, whom the
Lord has blessed; and whose sacrifices of prayer and praise are
sweet odours to him, through the mediation of his Son;
out of the ivory palaces;
see ( Song of
Solomon 7:4 ) ( 1 Kings
22:39 ) ( Amos 3:15 ) ; meaning the
places from whence these garments were taken, the wardrobe; or
from whence Christ came, and where he appears; as heaven, the
palace of the great King, from whence he came down, whither he is
gone, and from whence he is expected again; and the human nature
of Christ, in which he tabernacled on earth, and was pure and
clear from sin; and his churches, which are his temples and
palaces, where he grants his presence. Or it may be rendered,
"more than the ivory palaces" F9, and so be expressive of the
excellency of Christ's garments above them; and denote the purity
of his human nature, the spotlessness of his righteousness, and
the comeliness of his people;
whereby they have made thee glad;
or, "wherein" or "from whence" F11; in which palaces, the
churches, the saints make Christ glad, by speaking of his glory;
by ascribing glory to him; and by the exercise of grace upon him,
with which his heart is ravished, (
Song of Solomon 4:9-11 ) . Or "for which" F12;
garments of salvation, and robe of righteousness; they being
clothed with them, and rejoicing in them, cause joy and gladness
in Christ: or "more than they", or "theirs that make thee glad"
F13; meaning his fellows and their
garments, his being more odorous than theirs.