Song of Solomon 7:6

“How fair and how pleasant art thou, O love, for delights!] These are the words of the King in the galleries, wondering at the church’s beauty, it being incomparable and inexpressible, it could not be said well how great it was; and expressing the strength of his love to her, which was invariably the same as ever. Of the “fairness” of the church, and of this title, “love”, (see <220109>Song of Solomon 1:9,15 <220207>Song of Solomon 2:7); and here she is said also to be “pleasant” to him, as his spouse and bride, in whom he takes infinite delight and pleasure, loving her with a love of complacency and delight; and therefore adds, “for delights”, which he had in her before the world was,…”

“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.…”

“Delights - For those various lovely features which, are in thee. Song of Solomon (Canticles) 7:7”

“Sol 7:10, Sol 1:15, Sol 1:16, Sol 2:14, Sol 4:7, Sol 4:10; Psa 45:11; Isa 62:4, Isa 62:5; Zep 3:17 Song of Solomon (Canticles) 7:7”

“6 How beautiful art thou, and how charming, O love, among delights! It is a truth of all-embracing application which is here expressed. There is nothing more admirable than love, i.e., the uniting or mingling together of two lives, the one of which gives itself to the other, and so finds the complement of itself; nor than this self-devotion, which is at the same time self-enrichment. All this is true of earthly love, of which Walther v. d. Vogelweide says: "minne ist sweier herzen wnne" love is the joy of two hearts, and it is true also of heavenly love; the former surpasses all earthly delights (also such as are purely sensuous, Ecc 2:8), and the latter is, as the apostle expresses himself…”