13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh resting between my breasts.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts.
13 My beloved is to me a sachet of myrrh that lies between my breasts.
13 His head resting between my breasts - the head of my lover was a sachet of sweet myrrh.
13 A bundle of myrrh is my beloved to me, That lies all night between my breasts.
13 My lover is like a sachet of myrrh lying between my breasts.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Song of Solomon 1:13
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.