Song of Solomon 2:5
Prop me up with flowers. Close me in with apples. For I languish through love.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love.
In Context
4He brought me into the storeroom of wine. He set charity in order within me.
6His left hand is under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:19And he distributed to the entire multitude of Israel, as much to men as to women, to each one: one loaf of bread, and one piece of roasted beef, and fine wheat flour fried with oil. And all the people went away, each one to his own house.
1 Chronicles 16:3And he divided to every single one, from men even to women, a twist of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine wheat flour fried with oil.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and discern my cause from that of a nation not holy; rescue me from a man unjust and deceitful.
Psalms 63:8and God will be exalted. The arrows of the little ones have become their wounds,
Song of Solomon 5:8I opened the bolt of my door to my beloved. But he had turned aside and had gone away. My soul melted when he spoke. I sought him, and did not find him. I called, and he did not answer me.
Isaiah 26:8And in the path of your judgments, O Lord, we have endured for you. Your name and your remembrance are the desire of the soul.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 2:4-8
The Love of the Church to Christ. 3 As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. 4 He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love. 5 Stay me with flagons, comfort me with apples: for I am sick of love. 6 His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. 7 I charge you, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that ye stir… Read the whole commentary →