Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
We—the Trinity implied by the Holy Ghost, whether it was so by the writer of the Song or not (Genesis 1:26; Proverbs 8:30; Proverbs 30:4). "The Jews acknowledged God as king, and Messiah as king, in interpreting the Song, but did not know that these two are one" [LEIGHTON].
make—not merely give (Ephesians 2:10).
borders of gold, with studs of silver—that is, "spots of silver"—Jesus Christ delights to give more "to him that hath" (Matthew 25:29). He crowns His own work in us (Isaiah 26:12). The "borders" here are equivalent to "rows" (Song of Solomon 1:10); but here, the King seems to give the finish to her attire, by adding a crown (borders, or circles) of gold studded with silver spots, as in Esther 2:17. Both the royal and nuptial crown, or chaplet. The Hebrew for "spouse" (Song of Solomon 4:8) is a crowned one (Ezekiel 16:12; Revelation 2:10). The crown is given at once upon conversion, in title, but in sensible possession afterwards (II Timothy 4:8).
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