17 The beams of our house are cedars; our rafters are firs.
17 the beams of our house are cedar; our rafters are pine.
17 We enjoy a canopy of cedars enclosed by cypresses, fragrant and green.
17 The beams of our houses are cedar, And our rafters of fir.
17 fragrant cedar branches are the beams of our house, and pleasant smelling firs are the rafters.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:17
Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:9-17
(Read Song of Solomon 1:9-17)
The Bridegroom gives high praises of his spouse. In the sight of Christ believers are the excellent of the earth, fitted to be instruments for promoting his glory. The spiritual gifts and graces which Christ bestows on every true believer, are described by the ornaments then in use, verse 16, speaks with praise of those holy ordinances in which true believers have fellowship with Christ. Whether the believer is in the courts of the Lord, or in retirement; whether following his daily labours, or confined on the bed of sickness, or even in a dungeon, a sense of the Divine presence will turn the place into a paradise. Thus the soul, daily having fellowship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, enjoys a lively hope of an incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading inheritance above.