Thy lips, O my spouse, drop as the honeycomb: honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments is like the smell of Lebanon.

Drop - always ready to fell, being full of honey, though not always actually dropping (; ).

Honey-comb - (.)

Honey and milk (are) under thy tongue - not always on but under, the tongue, ready to fall: not deceitful, as . Contrast her former state, "adder's poison is under their lips" (). "Honey and milk" were the glory of the good land. The change is illustrated in the penitent thief. Contrast with , etc. It was literally with 'one' eye, a sidelong glance of love "better than wine," that he refreshed Jesus Christ (Song of Solomon 4:9). "Today shalt thou be with me (cf. ) in Paradise" (), is the only joyous sentence of His seven utterances on the cross.

Smell of ... garments - which are often perfumed in the East (). The perfume comes from Him on us (). We draw nigh to God in the perfumed garment of our older brother (; see ).

Lebanon - abounding in odoriferous tress.

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