11We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
If she be a wall, we will build upon her a palace of silver: and if she be a door, we will inclose her with boards of cedar.
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 7-11)Here is, I. The humble petition which the spouse presents to her beloved, the shepherdess to the shepherd, the church and every believer to Christ, for a more free and intimate communion with him. She turns from the daughters of Jerusalem, to whom she had complained both of her sins and of her troubles, and looks up to heaven for relief and succour against both, Song 1:7. Here observe, 1. The titl…
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