the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Song of Solomon 7:10
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I am my lover's, and he claims me as his own.
I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me.
I belong to my lover, and he desires only me.
The Beloved about Her Lover:
I am my beloved's, and he desires me!I [am] my beloved's, and his desire [is] towards me.
I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.
Y schal cleue by loue to my derlyng, and his turnyng schal be to me.
I am my beloved’s, and his desire is toward me.
I belong to my beloved, and his desire is for me.
She Speaks: My darling, I am yours, and you desire me.
I am my beloved's; And his desire is toward me.
I am for my loved one, and his desire is for me.
and your mouth like the finest wine.
[She]
May the wine go straight to the man I love and gently move the lips of those who are asleep.I am my beloved's, And his desire is toward me.
I belong to my lover, and he wants me.
And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, that glideth down smoothly for my beloved, moving gently the lips of those that are asleep.'
I am my beloueds, and his desire is towards me.
"I am my love's, and he wants me.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.
I am my welbeloueds, and his desire is toward mee.
I am my beloveds, and his desire is toward me.
I belong to my lover, and he desires me.
I, am my beloved's, and, unto me, is his longing.
I to my beloved, and his turning is towards me.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is for me.
I am my beloueds, and he shall turne hym vnto me.
I am my kinsman’s, and his desire is toward me.
I am my love’s,and his desire is for me.
I am my beloved's. His desire is toward me.
I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me.
I belong to my beloved, and he desires me!
I am my Beloved's, and His desire is toward me.
I [am] my beloved's, and on me [is] his desire.
There wil I turne me vnto my loue, and he shal turne him vnto me.
class="poetry"> Shapely and graceful your sandaled feet, and queenly your movement— Your limbs are lithe and elegant, the work of a master artist. Your body is a chalice, wine-filled. Your skin is silken and tawny like a field of wheat touched by the breeze. Your breasts are like fawns, twins of a gazelle. Your neck is carved ivory, curved and slender. Your eyes are wells of light, deep with mystery. Quintessentially feminine! Your profile turns all heads, commanding attention. The feelings I get when I see the high mountain ranges —stirrings of desire, longings for the heights— Remind me of you, and I'm spoiled for anyone else! Your beauty, within and without, is absolute, dear lover, close companion. You are tall and supple, like the palm tree, and your full breasts are like sweet clusters of dates. I say, "I'm going to climb that palm tree! I'm going to caress its fruit!" Oh yes! Your breasts will be clusters of sweet fruit to me, Your breath clean and cool like fresh mint, your tongue and lips like the best wine.
The Woman
Yes, and yours are, too—my love's kisses flow from his lips to mine. I am my lover's. I'm all he wants. I'm all the world to him! Come, dear lover— let's tramp through the countryside. Let's sleep at some wayside inn, then rise early and listen to bird-song. Let's look for wildflowers in bloom, blackberry bushes blossoming white, Fruit trees festooned with cascading flowers. And there I'll give myself to you, my love to your love! Love-apples drench us with fragrance, fertility surrounds, suffuses us, Fruits fresh and preserved that I've kept and saved just for you, my love."I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
"I am my beloved's, And his desire is for me.
"I am my beloved's,And his desire is for me.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
my: Song of Solomon 2:16, Song of Solomon 6:3, Acts 27:23, 1 Corinthians 6:19, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Galatians 2:20
his: Song of Solomon 7:5, Song of Solomon 7:6, Job 14:15, Psalms 45:11, Psalms 147:11, John 17:24
Reciprocal: Psalms 16:3 - in whom Song of Solomon 4:9 - thou hast Ezekiel 24:16 - the desire Daniel 9:23 - greatly beloved Daniel 10:11 - greatly beloved Daniel 11:37 - the desire
Cross-References
And behold, I Myself am bringing floodwaters on the earth, to destroy from under heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the earth shall die.
For after seven more days I will cause it to rain on the earth forty days and forty nights, and I will destroy from the face of the earth all living things that I have made."
Now the flood was on the earth forty days. The waters increased and lifted up the ark, and it rose high above the earth.
The waters prevailed fifteen cubits upward, and the mountains were covered.
Who were cut down before their time, Whose foundations were swept away by a flood?
They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered the ark, and the flood came and destroyed them all.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I [am] my beloved's,.... These are the words of the church, strongly expressing the assurance of faith she had of her union to Christ, and interest in him; which shows that "that" grace is attainable, and that there may be a continuation of the exercise of it; it may be expressed again and again, as it is by the church in this Song, Song of Solomon 2:16; and that the exercise of it often follows, upon the enjoyment of Christ's presence, as here, upon his going tap to the palm tree; and that this grace has no tendency to licentiousness, but excites to duty, and makes more careful in it, of which Song of Solomon 7:11 is a proof, "Come, let us go forth", c. Moreover, these words may be considered as a modest acknowledgment of the church's, that all she were and had were Christ's, and came from him all the beauty he had commended in her; all fruitfulness in grace, and strength in the exercise of it; her light and knowledge in divine truths; her zeal and courage to defend them; her upright stature, and holy walk and conversation, and every good thing else, were owing to his grace. And here she also makes a voluntary surrender of all to him again; as she received all from him, she devotes all to him:
and his desire [is] towards me; and only to her, as his spouse and bride: it was towards her from everlasting, when he asked her of his Father, and he gave her to him; and so it was in time, to procure her salvation; hence he became incarnate, and suffered and died in her stead: his desire is towards his people before conversion, waiting to be gracious to them; and, after conversion, to have their company, and their grace exercised on him, and to behold their beauty; nor will his desires be fully satisfied until he has got them all with him in glory. And this phrase not only signifies the conjugal relation of the church to Christ, he being her husband, and she his wife, the desire of his eyes, as a wife is called, Ezekiel 24:16; but takes in the whole care and concern of Christ for her, as her husband; who sympathizes with her under all her distresses; protects her from all dangers and enemies; and provides everything necessary for her, for time and eternity. Some render the words, "seeing his desire is towards me" b; therefore she expresses her faith in him, and gives up herself to him.
b So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A brief dialogue; Song of Solomon 7:6-9 are spoken by the king, Song of Solomon 7:9 and Song of Solomon 7:10 by the bride.
Song of Solomon 7:6
A general sentiment.
How fair, and what a charm hast thou,
O love! Among delightsome things!
Compare Song of Solomon 2:7, note; Song of Solomon 8:6-7, note.
Song of Solomon 7:7
This thy stature - The king now addresses the bride, comparing her to palm, vine, and apple-tree for nobility of form and pleasantness of fruit; and the utterances of her mouth to sweetest wine.
Song of Solomon 7:9
For my beloved, that goeth down sweetly - Words of the bride interrupting the king, and finishing his sentence, that goeth smoothly or pleasantly for my beloved. Compare Proverbs 23:31.
Song of Solomon 7:10
His desire is toward me - All his affection has me for its object. The bride proceeds to exercise her power over his loving will.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 10. I am my beloved's, and his desire is toward me. — It is worthy of remark that the word which we translate his desire is the very same used Genesis 3:16: Thy desire, thy ruling appetite, תש××§×ª× teshukathech, shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee. This was a part of the woman's curse. Now here it seems to be reversed; for the bride says, I am my beloved's, and his desire or ruling appetite and affection, תש××§×ª× teshukatho, is ×¢×× ali, UPON ME. The old MS. translates this with considerable force:-I to my leef, and to me the turnynge of him.
