Read the Bible in 2 Years: Psalm 27, Song of Solomon 2

I’ll be using David Guzik’s commentary to better understand the book of “Song of Solomon.” Read it here or download the “Enduring Word Commentary” free from the Apple Store or the Google Store or read Mr. Guzik’s commentary in the Blue Letter Bible app, also available from the Apple Store or Google Store.

Additionally, he has sermons available for you to watch or listen to on his Enduring Word website here.

I’ve excerpted a few of my favorite parts.

I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles or the does of the field,
that you not stir up or awaken love
until it pleases.

Song of Songs 2:7 ESV

Guzik writes, “It is like letting a flower grow until it naturally blooms, instead of trying to force a flower to grow and blossom. This isn’t repression – the rejection and denial of the feelings, often in shame; this is suppression – the conscious restraint of natural impulses and desires.”

Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes
that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom.

Song of Songs 2:15 ESV

Guzik writes, “Clearly the maiden speaks poetically here, using the little foxes as emblems of that which would damage the love relationship she shares with her beloved. The idea is that their relationship is like a fruitful vineyard and the little foxes will damage the vineyard unless they are stopped and caught. Glickman lists several “little foxes” that may trouble couples:

· Uncontrolled desire that drives a wedge of guilt and mistrust between the couple.

· Mistrust and jealousy that strains or breaks the bond of love.

· Selfishness and pride that refuses to acknowledge wrong and fault to one another.

· An unforgiving attitude that will not accept an apology.

My beloved is mine, and I am his;

Song of Songs 2:16a ESV

Guzik writes, “Charles Spurgeon preached eight sermons on Song of Solomon 2:16-17, and in one of them titled The Interest of Christ and His People in Each Other, he meditated on the meaning of each aspect.

“Ways that I belong to Jesus, ways that I am my beloved’s:

· I am His by the gift of His Father.

· I am His by purchase, paid for by His own life.

· I am His by conquest, He fought for me and won me.

· I am His by surrender, because I gave myself to Him.

Ways that Jesus belongs to me, ways that He is mine:

· He is mine by connection in the same body; He is the head and I am part of His body.

· He is mine by affectionate relationship; He has given me His love.

· He is mine by the connection of birth; I am born again of Him.

· He is mine by choice; He gave Himself for me.

· He is mine by indwelling; He has decided to live inside me.

· He is mine personally, He is mine eternally.

Which is the greater miracle — that he should be mine,
or that I should be his?

Charles Spurgeon

Heavenly Father, Thank you for making me Yours. What a miracle! I’m not worthy of that kind of love. Indeed, while I was yet a sinner, Christ died for me. Yet, You have made me worthy by Your love. And, You are mine. What a miracle! You dwell in me, and You live with me. Even death cannot separate us. Thank You. I pray Your blessings on my marriage. Make us one, wholly devoted to one another and to You, a three-fold cord that cannot be broken. Bless my children with godly marriages that reflect Christ and His bride. For Your glory and our good. Amen.

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