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The Wycliffe Bible Commentary is an entirely new commentary on the whole Bible written and edited by a wide cross section of American Protestant Christianity. Within the limits of its more than a million and one-quarter words, it attempts to treat the entire text of the Old Testament on a phrase by phrase basis. In addition, summaries of the major sections of each biblical book generally appear...

I. The Mutual Affection of Bride and Bridegroom. 1:1–2:7. A. Superscription. The Maiden’s Expression of Her Love for Her Lover. 1:1-4. 1. For this verse see the Introduction. 2. The bride speaks first, eloquently expressing her great love and longing for her lover. Let him kiss me. Not the expression of mere sensuous desire. In Scripture the kiss is frequently referred to as an expression of a deep and pure love (Rom 16:16; I Thess 5:26; I Pet 5:14). The bride’s use of the pronouns him and his
Song of Solomon 1:1