John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:7
The watchmen that went about the city, found me ,.... Of the city and the watchmen in it, and of their finding the church; see Gill on Song of Solomon 3:2 ; See Gill on Song of Solomon 3:3 ; they smote me, they wounded me ; taking her for a night walker, they gave her ill words and hard blows this was not very becoming watchmen to use those of the city in this manner; for, as Plato F12 De Legibus, l. 2. p. 602. says, keepers of cities should be mild and gentle towards their... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8
In this song of loves and joys we have here a very melancholy scene; the spouse here speaks, not to her beloved (as before, for he has withdrawn), but of him, and it is a sad story she tells of her own folly and ill conduct towards him, notwithstanding his kindness, and of the just rebukes she fell under for it. Perhaps it may refer to Solomon's own apostasy from God, and the sad effects of that apostasy after God had come into his garden, had taken possession of the temple he had built, and... read more