Thy love—Thy caresses, assurances of guidance, protection, companionship, love and care.
More than wine.—More even than the doctrines.
The upright—Those without deceit, guileless, honest.
Love Thee—Seek fellowship with Thee, aspire to learn of Thee, to cultivate Thy graces, to be near Thee.
1:5. I am black—The bride of Moses, Zipporah, type of the Bride of Christ, was an Ethiopian woman—a Gentile.
But comely—“The King's Daughter is all glorious within”; her intentions are pure, spotless in God's sight.
O ye daughters—Professed children.
Of Jerusalem—Of the Kingdom of God. The true Church instinctively recognizes that her detractors are to be found among God's professed people.
As the tents of Kedar—Kedar was one of the children of Ishmael, and the name thus stands for the Ishmaelites, or Bedouins. Their tents are their homes; and though made of black goat's hair and outwardly stained they are often luxurious in the interior, being hung with costly tapestries.
As the curtains—Between the Holy and the Most Holy.