The song of songs, which is Solomon's.
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Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine.
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Because of the savour of thy good ointments thy name is as ointment poured forth, therefore do the virgins love thee.
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Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.
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I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
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Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept.
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Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?
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If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.
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I have compared thee, O my love, to a company of horses in Pharaoh's chariots.
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Thy cheeks are comely with rows of jewels, thy neck with chains of gold.
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We will make thee borders of gold with studs of silver.
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While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.
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A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
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My beloved is unto me as a cluster of camphire in the vineyards of Engedi.
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Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes.
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Behold, thou art fair, my beloved, yea, pleasant: also our bed is green.
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The beams of our house are cedar, and our rafters of fir.
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Song of Solomon 1 Study & Commentary
The Shulamite expresses her intense longing for the Beloved, initiating the dialogue of desire. The chapter establishes the setting of the royal vineyard and the "chambers" of the King. It introduces the tension between the Shulamite’s perceived unworthiness ("I am black, but comely") and the Beloved’s affirming grace.
THEOLOGICAL CONTEXT
1. Ecclesiological Type: The Shulamite represents the Church (or the soul) seeking the "kisses of his mouth" (Divine Word). 2. The King in His Chambers: Represents the intimacy of the "Secret Place" (Psalm 91).
3. Black but Comely: A profound theological paradox of the believer: sinful in nature (*Simul iustus et peccator*), yet beautiful through the imputed righteousness of the Beloved.
PRACTICAL LESSONS
1. Integrity of Desire: Seeking God not for His gifts, but for His person ("Thy love is better than wine").2. Identity in Christ: Recognizing that our spiritual beauty is derived from His gaze, not our merit.
