Song of Solomon 2:1
Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys.
In Context
2Groom: Like a lily among the thorns, so is my loved one among the daughters.
Cross References
Psalms 85:11Lead me, O Lord, in your way, and I will walk in your truth. May my heart rejoice, so that it will fear your name.
Song of Solomon 5:13His head is like the finest gold. His locks are like the heights of palm trees, and as black as a raven.
Isaiah 35:1The desolate and impassable land will rejoice, and the place of solitude will exult, and it will flourish like the lily.
Hosea 14:5I will heal their contrition; I will love them spontaneously. For my wrath has been turned away from them.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:1
In this chapter, I. Christ speaks both concerning himself and concerning his church, ver. 1, 2 . II. The church speaks, 1. Remembering the pleasure and satisfaction she has in communion with Christ, ver. 3, 4 . 2. Entertaining herself with the present tokens of his favour and taking care that nothing happen to intercept them, ver. 5-7 . 3. Triumphing in his approaches towards her, ver. 8, 9 . 4. Repeating the gracious calls he had given her to go along with him a walking, invited by the pleasures of the returning… Read the whole commentary →