I am a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I in his eyes as one that found favour.
The Song of Solomon, also called Canticles, is written in the warm figurative language of the East as a poetic parable of Christ and His church. Viewed from the time in which it was written, its imagery gives no ground for objection. It portrays Christ's love and the church's answering love, which may lack faithfulness and constancy. It belongs to a picture of the church whose condition changes, at times weak and exposed and at other times courageous and secure. Its image of the wall and towers represents the church in her strong, courageous and secure condition, finally attaining perfection and finding favor in the eyes of her Beloved Lord.
The Song of Solomon, also called Canticles, is written in the warm figurative language of the East as a poetic parable of Christ and His church. Viewed from the time in which it was written, its imagery gives no ground for objection. It portrays Christ's love and the church's answering love, which may lack faithfulness and constancy. It belongs to a picture of the church whose condition changes, at times weak and exposed and at other times courageous and secure. Its image of the wall and towers represents the church in her strong, courageous and secure condition, finally attaining perfection and finding favor in the eyes of her Beloved Lord.