Song 5:1 | CPDV | STEP | Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees.

Song of Solomon 5:1

Christ calls his spouse: she languishes with love: and describes him by his graces.

1 Bride: May my beloved enter into his garden, and eat the fruit of his apple trees. ^{▼▼5:1The bride welcomes the groom and wants him to take refreshment in his garden. The word ‘dilectus’ is in the masculine, so this is the bride speaking about the groom. +The Church seeks the Return of Christ, for the garden of the whole world is His and He may eat from every tree therein.(Conte)
,} ^{▼▼5:1 Let my beloved come into his garden, etc: Garden, mystically the church of Christ, abounding with fruit, that is, the good works of the elect.(Challoner)}