1
How beautiful are your steps in sandals,
o noble daughter!
The curves of your thighs are like jewels,
the work of a master hand.
2
Your navel is like a round bowl
that lacks no mixed wine.
Your belly is a heap of wheat,
set about with lilies.
3
Your two breasts are like two fawns,
a pair of twin gazelles.
4
Your neck is like a tower of ivory;
your eyes are like the pools in Heshbon,
by the gate of Bath-rabbim.
Your nose is like the tower of Lebanon
that looks toward Damascus.
5
Your head upon you is like Carmel,
and the hair of your head like purple;
a king is held captive in its tresses.
6
How fair and how pleasant you are,
o loved one, among all delights!
7
This your stature is like a palm tree,
and your breasts like its clusters.
8
I said, “I will climb the palm tree
and take hold of its clusters.
Oh, may your breasts be like clusters of the vine,
and the scent of your breath like apples,
9
and your mouth like the best wine.”
It goes down smoothly for my beloved,
flowing gently over the lips of those who sleep.
10
I am my beloved’s,
and his desire is toward me.
11
Come, my beloved, let us go out into the field;
let us lodge among the henna blossoms.
12
Let us go early to the vineyards
and see whether the vine has budded,
whether its blossoms have opened,
and whether the pomegranates are in bloom.
There I will give you my love.
13
The mandrakes give forth fragrance,
and at our doors are all manner of precious fruits,
new and old,
which I have laid up for you, my beloved.
💃💘🍇 Summary of Song of Songs 7 – Beauty Praised and Longing Given in Love
This chapter gives a very detailed praise of the woman’s beauty, yet not in a vulgar way—rather, it honors the body as a gift of love. The man speaks with wonder and tenderness. The woman also responds with longing and readiness to give herself wholly. This reflects mature love, full of intimacy, and mutual self-giving within the bond of love.
📌 1. A Beautiful Praise of the Whole Body (verses 1–6)
“How beautiful are your steps… your navel is like a round bowl… your breasts like twin fawns…”
- The praise is very detailed: feet, thighs, navel, waist, breasts, neck, eyes, nose, hair
- This is not shallow praise, but deep and loving appreciation of the whole being of his beloved
🎯 In true love, the body is not seen to be exploited, but honored as a gift of love.
📌 2. The Woman Answers with Longing and Invitation (verses 7–9a)
“I said: ‘I will go up to that palm tree… and take hold of its clusters!’”
- The woman responds to praise with active and open longing
- She desires to give herself fully, as a response to sincere and respectful love
🎯 True love is mutual—given because one is loved, not because one is forced.
📌 3. An Invitation to Go Together into the Country (verses 9b–13)
“Come, let us go out into the field, and lodge in the villages…”
- The woman invites her beloved out to the vineyard and fruit trees
- She declares her readiness to give the love she has kept:
“All the new and the old fruits… I have laid up for you, my beloved!”
🎯 This is a symbol of the giving of whole love—soul, body, and life story—freely offered to the right one.
📖 Main Lessons
- True love honors both body and person as a whole, not mere desire
- Words of praise that build up can strengthen and enliven love
- Longing in healthy love is expressed with willingness and responsibility
- A mature love relationship is mutual and self-giving, not selfish
- Marriage blessed by God displays love that is intimate yet holy
✨ Spiritual Meaning (New Testament)
“Love is patient, love is kind… it does not seek its own…”
“So ought husbands also to love their wives as their own bodies…”
“That each of you should take his wife in holiness and honor…”
“Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God…”
🎯 The body belongs to the Lord, and true love honors it. Christ also loves His bride (the church) with sacrificial and tender love.
🕊️ “How fair and how pleasant you are, O loved one, among all delights!” – Song of Songs 7:6
🕊️ “I will climb the palm tree and take hold of its clusters…” – Song of Songs 7:8
🕊️ “All the new and old fruits I have laid up for you, my beloved.” – Song of Songs 7:13
