Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
him--abruptly. She names him not, as is natural to one whose heart is full of some much desired friend: so Mary Magdalene at the sepulchre (John 20:15), as if everyone must know whom she means, the one chief object of her desire (Psalms 73:25; Matthew 13:44-46; Philippians 3:7-8).
kiss--the token of peace from the Prince of Peace (Luke 15:20); "our Peace" (Psalms 85:10; Colossians 1:21; Ephesians 2:14).
of his mouth--marking the tenderest affection. For a king to permit his hands, or even garment, to be kissed, was counted a great honor; but that he should himself kiss another with his mouth is the greatest honor. God had in times past spoken by the mouth of His prophets, who had declared the Church's betrothal; the bride now longs for contact with the mouth of the Bridegroom Himself (Job 23:12; Luke 4:22; Hebrews 1:1-2). True of the Church before the first advent, longing for "the hope of Israel," "the desire of all nations"; also the awakened soul longing for the kiss of reconciliation; and further, the kiss that is the token of the marriage contract (Hosea 2:19-20), and of friendship (1 Samuel 20:41; John 14:21; John 15:15).
thy love--Hebrew, "loves," namely, tokens of love, loving blandishments.
wine--which makes glad "the heavy heart" of one ready to perish, so that he "remembers his misery no more" (Proverbs 31:6-7). So, in a "better" sense, Christ's love (Habakkuk 3:17-18). He gives the same praise to the bride's love, with the emphatic addition, "How much" (Song of Solomon 4:10). Wine was created by His first miracle (John 2:1-11), and was the pledge given of His love at the last supper. The spiritual wine is His blood and His spirit, the "new" and better wine of the kingdom (Matthew 26:29), which we can never drink to "excess," as the other (Ephesians 5:18; compare Psalms 23:5; Isaiah 55:1).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Song of Solomon 1:4
Song of Solomon 4:10
Song of Solomon 5:16
Song of Solomon 8:14
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