16My beloved is mine, and I am his: he feedeth among the lilies.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am my beloved's, and my beloved is mine: he feedeth among the lilies.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even unto death.
A Psalm of David, when he was in the wilderness of Judah. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land, where no water is;
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-17)Here is, I. The encouraging invitation which Christ gives to the church, and every believing soul, to come into communion with him, Song 2:14. 1. His love is now his dove ; David had called the church God’s turtle-dove (Ps. 74:19), and so she is here called; a dove for beauty, her wings covered with silver (Ps. 68:13), for innocence and inoffensiveness; a gracious spirit is a dove-like spirit, har…
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