The king resumes, taking up the bride’s comparison: As the lily excels in beauty the thorny shrubs among which it grows, so my friend excels he…

Among the daughters — that is, among other young women.

I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys. As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters.

As the lily among thorns, so [is] my love among the
daughters.

Believers are beautiful, as clothed in the righteousness of Christ; and fragrant, as adorned with the graces of His Spirit; and they thrive under t…