12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
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For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
Blessed is the people that know the joyful sound: they shall walk, O LORD, in the light of thy countenance.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and all deeps: …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-13)The church is here pleasing herself exceedingly with the thoughts of her further communion with Christ after she has recovered from her fainting fit. I. She rejoices in his approach, Song 2:8. 1. She hears him speak: “It is the voice of my beloved , calling me to tell me he is coming.” Like one of his own sheep, she knows his voice before she sees him, and can easily distinguish it from the voice…
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