John Gill Commentary Proverbs 5:19

"[As] a loving hind and a pleasant doe, Let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; And be thou ravished always with her love." — Proverbs 5:19 (ASV)

[Let her be as] the loving hind and pleasant roe
That is, the wife of youth; let her always appear to you as amiable and lovely as these creatures are; or let her be loved by you as these are by princes and great men ^F23 , who used to keep them tame, keep them clean, wash, comb them, and adorn them, and play with them; or rather, as these creatures are loving to their mates, let your love be single, chaste, pure, and fervent, as theirs; see (Song of Solomon 2:9Song of Solomon 2:17) (8:14) . The pure church of Christ is very different from the apostate church of Rome; the one is compared to a loving and lovely creature, innocent and chaste; the other to a cruel and savage beast, (Revelation 13:1Revelation 13:2Revelation 13:11) ;

let her breasts satisfy you at all times ;
even as it were to be inebriated therewith, and so as not to seek out elsewhere to strange women for satisfaction; see (Song of Solomon 1:13) . The church's breasts are the ordinances of the Gospel, which are said to be like young roes, and afford great pleasure, satisfaction, and refreshment to true believers, (Song of Solomon 4:5) (7:3) ;

and be you ravished always with her love ;
greatly delighted with it, both in loving her and being loved by her; and let this always continue in old age as well as in youth; or now as well as formerly, and not for a short time, but for continuance: or, "err you always in her love" {x}; if any error is committed by you, let it be on the side of love, in loving her too much; better err in loving her than in loving a strange woman.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: "Cervus erat forma praestanti" Virgil. Aeneid l. 7.
• F24: (hgvt) "errabis", Montanus, Raynus, Cocceius; "hallucinaberis", Vatablus; "errato", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.