Keil & Delitzsch on Song of Solomon 4:7

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Commentary on the Old Testament
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · 19th-century historical commentary
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This childlike modest disposition makes her yet more lovely in the eyes of the king. He breaks out in these words: 7 Thou art altogether fair, my love, And no blemish in thee. Certainly he means, no blemish either of soul or body. In Sol 4:1-5 he has praised her external beauty; but in Sol 4:6 her soul has disclosed itself: the fame of her spotless beauty is there extended to her would no less than to her external appearance. And as to her longing after freedom from the tumult and bustle of court life, he thus promises to her: Song of Solomon (Canticles) 4:8

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