The Targumist and other Jewish interpreters understand this section to foreshadow the condition of Israel in the wilderness. In a similar way, some…

If thou know not. —With this verse one subsection of the poem plainly ends. Most of the supporters of the dramatic theory…

The voice of my beloved!

The spouse knows it at once; her ear is so trained that she recognizes it as soon as she hears it. Jesus s…

If thou know not
Or, "seeing thou knowest not" ^F13 ; the saints in this imperfect state know but in part,…