Song of Solomon 6:5

“Turn away thine eyes from me, etc.] Her eyes of faith and love; not through dislike of them, but as ravished with them; his passions were so struck by them, and his heart pierced with them, that he could stand it out no longer against her; (see <220409>Song of Solomon 4:9,10). Some render the words, “turn about thine eyes over against me”f388; this being the first time of meeting, after her ungrateful treatment of him, she might be filled with shame and confusion for it, and therefore hung down her head, or looked on one side; wherefore he encourages her to look him full in the face, with a holy confidence; for such looks of faith are very agreeable to Christ; (see <220214> Song of Solomon…”

“The section might be entitled, “Renewed declaration of love after brief estrangement.” Song of Solomon 6:4 Tirzah ... Jerusalem - Named together as the then two fairest cities of the land. For Jerusalem compare Psalms 48:2. “Tirzah” (i. e., “Grace” or “Beauty “)was an old Canaanite royal city Joshua 12:24. It became again a royal residence during the reigns of Baasha and his three successors in the kingdom of the ten tribes, and may well therefore have been famed for its beauty in the time of Solomon. Terrible as ... - Awe-inspiring as the bannered (hosts). The warlike image, like others in the Song, serves to enhance the charm of its assured peace. Song of Solomon 6:5 Even for the king the…”

“Turn away - It is a poetical expression, signifying how beautiful the church was in Christ's eyes. Thy hair - This clause, and the whole following verse are repeated from, Sol 4:1-2. And this repetition is not vain but confirms what was said before, that the churches miscarriage had not alienated Christ's affection from her. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:8”

“away: Gen 32:26-28; Exo 32:10; Jer 15:1; Mat 15:27, Mat 15:28 overcome me: or, puffed me up, Sol 4:1-3 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 6:6”

“5a Turn away thine eyes from me, For overpoweringly they assail me. Dpke translates, ferocire me faciunt; Hengst.: they make me proud; but although הרהיב, after Psa 138:3, may be thus used, yet that would be an effect produced by the eyes, which certainly would suggest the very opposite of the request to turn them away. The verb רהב means to be impetuous, and to press impetuously against any one; the Hiph. is the intens. of this trans. signification of the Kal: to press overpoweringly against one, to infuse terror, terrorem incutere. The lxx translates it by ἀναπτεροῦν, which is also used of the effect of terror ("to make to start up"), and the Syr. by afred, to put to flight, because…”