John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:16
Awake, O north wind ,.... These words, according to some F12 So Cocceius, Marckius, Michaelis. , are the words of the church continued, praying for the spirit; to which sense the order and connection of the words seem to incline; though the language suits best with Christ, who has the command of the winds, and a right and property in the garden, the church: nor does it seem so agreeable, that the church should petition Christ to let loose the north wind upon her, if by that are meant... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 4:15-16
These seem to be the words of the spouse, the church, in answer to the commendations which Christ, the bridegroom, had given of her as a pleasant fruitful garden. Isa. she a garden? I. She owns her dependence upon Christ himself to make this garden fruitful. To him she has an eye (Song 4:15) as the fountain of gardens, not only the founder of them, by whom they are planted and to whom they owe their being, but the fountain of them, by which they are watered and to which they own their... read more