16Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
For how great is his goodness, and how great is his beauty! corn shall make the young men cheerful, and new wine the maids.
Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth.
And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-17)Here the conference is carried on between Christ and his spouse, and endearments are mutually exchanged. I. Believers take a great complacency in Christ, and in communion with him. To you that believe he is precious, above any thing in this world, 1 Pet. 2:7. Observe, 1. The humble reverence believers have for Christ as their Sovereign, Song 1:12. He is a King in respect both of dignity and domini…
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