Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
6. The verb here should be taken as expressing a wish. O that his left hand were under my head, and his right hand were embracing me: or, His left hand would be under my head. Cp. Son 8:3, where the same words recur in a kind of refrain, and where they must unmistakeably be taken to express a wish.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Is under my head, as a pillow for me to rest upon. No sooner did I cry out for help, but he was at hand to succour me, and did manifest his tender care and dear love to me.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
6. The “stay” sheprayed for (So 2:5) is granted(Deu 33:12; Deu 33:27;Psa 37:24; Isa 41:16).None can pluck from that embrace (Joh10:28-30). His hand keeps us from falling (Mat 14:30;Mat 14:31); to it we may commitourselves (Ps 31:5).
left handthe left isthe inferior hand, by which the Lord less signally manifests Hislove, than by the right; the secret hand of ordinary providence, asdistinguished from that of manifested grace (the “right”).They really go together, though sometimes they seem divided; hereboth are felt at once. THEODORETtakes the left hand, equivalent to judgment and wrath; theright, equivalent to honor and love. The hand of justice nolonger is lifted to smite, but is under the head of the believer tosupport (Isa 42:21); the handof Jesus Christ pierced by justice for our sin supports us. Thecharge not to disturb the beloved occurs thrice: but the sentimenthere, “His left hand,” c., nowhere else fully which accordswith the intensity of joy (So 2:5)found nowhere else; in So 8:3,it is only conditional, “should embrace,” not”doth.”
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. The church, having desired to be stayed, supported, strengthened, and comforted, presently found her beloved with her, who with both hands sustained her; which shows his tender love to her, care of her, and regard for her; and is expressive of the near and intimate communion she had with him, as the effect of union to him, often enjoyed in his house and ordinances; likewise of blessings of every kind she received from him; temporal, mercies, or left hand blessings, which are necessary to support and carry through this wilderness; and spiritual, or right hand blessings, as justification, pardon, adoption, c. and, moreover, may denote the safety and security of the church, being encircled in the arms of her beloved, sustained by Christ’s left hand, and embraced by his right hand, out of whose hands none can pluck. Some read the words prayer wise, “let his left hand be”, c. b still desiring further tokens of his love to her, and more and nearer communion with him: others read it in the future, “his left hand will be”, c. c “his right hand shall embrace”, c. expressing the strength of her faith that she should for the future enjoy his gracious presence and that he would support her, that she should not sink and faint.
b Tigurine version, some in Mercer. Marckius so Ainsworth. c V. L. Pagninus Montanus.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
6 His left hand is under my head,
And his right hand doth embrace me.
With his left hand he supports her head that had fallen backwards, and with his right he embraces her [ herzet ], as Luther rightly renders it (as he also renders the name Habakkuk by “ der Herzer ” = the embracer); for signifies properly to enfold, to embrace; but then generally, to embrace lovingly, to fondle, of that gentle stroking with the hand elsewhere denoted by , mulcere . The situation here is like that at Gen 29:13; Gen 48:10; where, connected with the dat., it is meant of loving arms stretched out to embrace. If this sympathetic, gentle embracing exercises a soothing influence on her, overcome by the power of her emotions; so love mutually kindled now celebrates the first hour of delighted enjoyment, and the happy Shulamith calls to those who are witnesses of her joy:
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
6. His left hand, etc. This verse is the utterance of a wish, O that his left hand were under my head! That his right hand were supporting me! Many a heart has felt, oftener in time of sickness and trouble, this faintness of yearning.
“O for the touch of a vanished hand,
And the sound of a voice that is still!”
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
I do not apprehend by those different expressions of left hand supports, and right hand embraces, that it is meant to convey anything of one being inferior to the other: but rather from both the hands and arms of Jesus to imply that all that Christ is, he is for his people. In him it hath pleased the Father that all fulness should dwell, and this fulness is for his redeemed, in such degrees and proportions as his glory and their necessities render needful. Hence he hath comfort for the afflicted, and strength for the weak. He is the bread of life, and the water of life to all. The babes in Christ shall have the sincere milk of the word, that they may grow thereby: and the young men and fathers shall have their spiritual senses both exercised and supported with the stronger food of the same bountiful Lord. All shall be taken care of, and all supplied, for Christ is all in all to his people.
Son 2:6 His left hand [is] under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
Ver. 6. His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me. ] As if she should have said, I called unto you, my friends, to relieve and raise me, falling into a spiritual swoon; but behold the “consolation that is in Christ, the comfort of love, the fellowship of the Spirit, the bowels and mercies of my dear husband”: Php 2:1-2 he hath fulfilled my joy, he hath prevented your help, or at least he hath wrought together with the means, and made it successful. You have stayed me with flagons, but he hath “restored my soul”: Psa 23:2 you have bolstered me up with apples, but when that would not do, he hath put “his left hand under my head,” as a pillow to rest upon, and “with his right hand he hath embraced me,” as a loving husband cherisheth his sick wife, and doth give her all the help he can. Eph 5:29 The whole virtue and power of the ministry cometh from Christ. They do their worthy endeavour to stay and underprop our faith: but that notwithstanding we shall soon fall to the ground, if Christ put not to both his hands to keep us up. We stand in need of whole Christ; and having him to support us, we cannot fall finally, because fall we never so low, we shall arise, “for the Lord puts under his hand”; Psa 37:24 his goodness is lower than we can fall; he circleth his saints with amiable embracements, and none can pull them out of his hands. Jacob undergird Rachel till she died upon him, “died on his hand.” Gen 48:7 The good Shunammite held her son till he died on her lap. But the love sick Church, “whether she lives or dies, she is the Lord’s”; Rom 14:8 and whoso liveth and believeth on him cannot die eternally. But when Christ himself died, though soul and body were sundered for a season, yet neither of them were sundered from the Godhead whereunto they were personally united; so is it here: death may separate soul and body, but cannot separate either of them from Christ. And as “Christ being raised from the dead, dies no more,” Rom 6:9 so neither doth any one that is “risen with him.” Col 3:1 Christ may as easily die at the right hand of his heavenly Father as in the heart of a true believer.
doth embrace = will embrace.
Son 8:3-5, Isa 54:5-10, Isa 62:4, Isa 62:5, Jer 32:41, Zep 3:17, Joh 3:29, Eph 5:25-29
Reciprocal: Deu 33:27 – underneath Psa 63:8 – thy Ecc 3:5 – a time to embrace Luk 5:34 – the children
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge