Song 1:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. Reply of the Bride. She presumes to call Him beloved, because He called her so first. Thou callest me "fair"; if I am so, it is not in myself; it is all from Thee ( ); but Thou art fair in Thyself ( ). pleasant — ( ) towards Thy friends ( ). bed . . . green —the couch of green grass on which the King and His bride sit to "rest at noon." Thus her prayer in is here granted; a green oasis in the desert, always found near waters in the East ( ). The scene is a kiosk, or summer house. Historically, the literal resting of the Babe of Beth-lehem and his parents on the green grass provided for cattle ( ). In this verse there is an incidental allusion, in , to the offering ( ). So the "cedar and fir" ceiling refers to the temple ( ); type of the heavenly temple ( ).

Song of Solomon 1:16

16. Reply of the Bride. She presumes to call Him beloved, because He called her so first. Thou callest me "fair"; if I am so, it is not in myself; it is all from Thee (Ps 90:17); but Thou art fair in Thyself (Ps 45:2).

pleasant— (Pr 3:17) towards Thy friends (2Sa 1:26).

bed . . . green—the couch of green grass on which the King and His bride sit to "rest at noon." Thus her prayer in So 1:7 is here granted; a green oasis in the desert, always found near waters in the East (Ps 23:2; Isa 41:17-19). The scene is a kiosk, or summer house. Historically, the literal resting of the Babe of Beth-lehem and his parents on the green grass provided for cattle (Lu 2:7, 12). In this verse there is an incidental allusion, in So 1:15, to the offering (Lu 2:24). So the "cedar and fir" ceiling refers to the temple (1Ki 5:6-10; 6:15-18); type of the heavenly temple (Re 21:22).