Song of Solomon 7:7

Like to a palm tree, tall and straight, or upright, as a tree. And he seems to mention the palm tree rather than any other, partly because it grows more directly upward than other trees; and partly because it is constantly green and flourishing, and groweth upward in spite of all pressures, and therefore was used in festival solemnities, Leviticus 23:40 1 Thessalonians 12:13, and was a symbol of victory, Revelation 7:9; in all which respects it fitly represents the state of believers. Clusters, large, and round, and full of juice. See Poole on "Song of Solomon 7:3". This particular is added as an evidence of her maturity and married estate, and of her fruitfulness. Grapes; which word may easily be supplied out of the next verse. Although the fruit of the palm tree also is said to grow in clusters.