Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:5
5. dropped with myrrh—The best proof a bride could give her lover of welcome was to anoint herself (the back of the hands especially, as being the coolest part of the body) profusely with the best perfumes (Exodus 30:23; Esther 2:12; Proverbs 7:17); "sweet-smelling" is in the Hebrew rather, "spontaneously exuding" from the tree, and therefore the best. She designed also to anoint Him, whose "head was filled with the drops of night" (Proverbs 7:17- :). The myrrh typifies bitter repentance, the... read more
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Song of Solomon 5:5
I (emph.): i.e. I immediately arose. read more