7Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
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By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. …
It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. …
A Psalm of David. Unto thee will I cry, O LORD my rock; be not silent to me: lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the companions hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear 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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