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2:6Song of Solomon 2:6
His left hand is under my head, and his right hand doth embrace me.
The verse belongs to an Oriental love poem whose figurative language is widely understood as a parable of Christ and His church. The chapter in which it stands gives a beautiful poetic picture of spring. The poem sets forth Christ's love for His church. It also sets forth the church's answering love for Christ, a love that often lacks faithfulness and constancy. The left hand placed under the head and the right hand embracing show God upholding the head and encircling the person, giving comfort and calm rest in the midst of weariness and distress. The same embrace expresses Christ's loving care that sustains the believer through life and lays His hands beneath the believer's head in death.
The verse belongs to an Oriental love poem whose figurative language is widely understood as a parable of Christ and His church. The chapter in which it stands gives a beautiful poetic picture of spring. The poem sets forth Christ's love for His church. It also sets forth the church's answering love for Christ, a love that often lacks faithfulness and constancy. The left hand placed under the head and the right hand embracing show God upholding the head and encircling the person, giving comfort and calm rest in the midst of weariness and distress. The same embrace expresses Christ's loving care that sustains the believer through life and lays His hands beneath the believer's head in death.