Song of Solomon 7:1
How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman. How beautiful are thy feet with shoes, O prince’s daughter! the joints of thy thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a cunning workman.
The verse belongs to one of the one thousand and five songs or poems written by Solomon. The book is a dialogue involving various parties. It uses vivid, warm, figurative Oriental imagery. Its language about physical beauty suited its own time, when no objection would have been raised to it.
The book is a poetic picture or parable of Christ and His church centered on love. It shows Christ's wonderful love and the church's answering love, which often lacks faithfulness and constancy. It may draw on events in Solomon's life as types of Christ and the church. The verse's praise of the beloved's beauty is part of this picture of love.
The beautiful shod feet signify readiness to carry and live the gospel, a preparedness that is pleasing to God. The passage is to be read alone with God while keeping the picture of Christ and the church in mind.