7Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give all the substance of his house for love, it would utterly be contemned.
Song of Solomon 8:7 —
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 5-7)Here, I. The spouse is much admired by those about her. It comes in in a parenthesis, but in it gospel-grace lies as plain, and as much above ground, as any where in this mystical song: Who is this that comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved ? Some make these the words of the bridegroom, expressing himself well pleased with her reliance on him and resignation of herself to his guid...
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