Song of Solomon 5:13

11 His head is like the finest gold;
His locks are wavy,
And black as a raven.

12 ^aHis eyes are like doves
By the rivers of waters,
Washed with milk,
And¹ fitly set.

13 His cheeks are like a bed of spices,
Banks of scented herbs.
His lips are lilies,
Dripping liquid myrrh.

14 His hands are rods of gold
Set with beryl.
His body is carved ivory
Inlaid with sapphires.

15 His legs are pillars of marble
Set on bases of fine gold.
His countenance is like Lebanon,
Excellent as the cedars.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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cheeks—the seat of beauty, according to the Hebrew meaning [GESENIUS]. Yet men smote and spat on them (Isaiah 50:6).

bed—full, like the raised surface of the garden bed; fragrant with ointments, as beds with aromatic plants (literally, "balsam").

sweet flowers—rather, "terraces of aromatic herbs"—"high-raised parterres of sweet plants," in parallelism to "bed," which comes from a Hebrew root, meaning "elevation."

lips— (Psalms 45:2; John 7:46).

lilies—red lilies. Soft and gentle (I Peter 2:22-23). How different lips were man's (Psalms 22:7)!

dropping . . . myrrh—namely, His lips, just as the sweet dewdrops which hang in the calyx of the lily.

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