6Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, I will get me to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.
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Until the day break, and the shadows flee away, turn, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a young hart upon the mountains of Bether.
Spikenard and saffron; calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices:
Through the tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us,
According to the custom of the priest's office, his lot was to burn incense when he went into the temple of the Lord. …
I will offer unto thee burnt sacrifices of fatlings, with the incense of rams; I will offer bullocks with goats. Selah.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. A large and particular account of the beauties of the church, and of gracious souls on whom the image of God is renewed, consisting in the beauty of holiness . In general, he that is a competent judge of beauty, whose judgment , we are sure, is according to truth , and what all must subscribe to, he has said, Behold, thou art fair . She had commended him, and called all about her to ta…
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