6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
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The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.
For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called. …
Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 3-7)Here, I. The spouse commends her beloved and prefers him before all others: As the apple-tree among the trees of the wood , which perhaps does not grow so high, nor spread so wide, as some other trees, yet is useful and serviceable to man, yielding pleasant and profitable fruit, while the other trees are of little use, no, not the cedars themselves, till they are cut down, so is my beloved among t…
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