Charles Spurgeon Commentary Song Of Solomon 8:12

"My vineyard, which is mine, is before me: Thou, O Solomon, shalt have the thousand, And those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred." — Song Of Solomon 8:12 (ASV)

Thou, O Solomon, must have a thousand, and those that keep the fruit thereof two hundred.

This is our resolve — that our greater Solomon will have the profits and proceeds of his own vineyard. It is ours on lease, but the freehold is his. He "must have a thousand," and we will be well content with our share of the vintage, joyful and glad that we may have "two hundred."