Charles Spurgeon Commentary Song Of Solomon 1:7

"Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, Where thou feedest [thy flock], Where thou makest [it] to rest at noon: For why should I be as one that is veiled Beside the flocks of thy companions?" — Song Of Solomon 1:7 (ASV)

Where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions?

See, dear friends, how this same seeking after the Beloved comes out in another shape in Song of Solomon chapter 3.

I charge you, O you daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes, and by the hinds of the field, that you stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

The next passage we will read is at the beginning of the third chapter and presents quite a different scene. Perhaps you will hardly think it is the same person who writes it, but, oh! we are very variable. See now how that sunshine has just gilded that side of the house, and in another minute—see—it melts away and has gone again!

Just so is it with our experience. We rejoice for a few moments, but soon the clouds hang heavy over us, and we hardly know what and where we are. The Spouse has now faltered, but her Husband never falters; the Lord, the King, still remains the same, and in this is our joy.

That ye stir not up, nor awake my love, till he please.

O you anxious cares, keep away from us! You distractions that are so apt to arise in our crowded assembly, you aches and pains that come in and make the body drag down the spirit, keep away from us for a while.