Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Song of Solomon 7:1

CHAPTER 7

So 7:1-13.

1. thy feet--rather, "thy goings" (Psa 17:5). Evident allusion to Is 52:7: "How beautiful ... are the feet of him ... that publisheth peace" (Shulamite, So 6:13).

shoes--Sandals are richly jewelled in the East (Lu 15:22; Ep 6:15). She is evidently "on the mountains," whither she was wafted (So 6:12), above the daughters of Jerusalem, who therefore portray her feet first.

daughter--of God the Father, with whom Jesus Christ is one (Mt 5:9), "children of (the) God" (of peace), equivalent to Shulamite (Psa 45:10-15; 2Co 6:18), as well as bride of Jesus Christ.

prince's--therefore princely herself, freely giving the word of life to others, not sparing her "feet," as in So 5:3; Ex 12:11. To act on the offensive is defensive to ourselves.

joints--rather, "the rounding"; the full graceful curve of the hips in the female figure; like the rounding of a necklace (as the Hebrew for "jewels" means). Compare with the English Version, Ep 4:13-16; Col 2:19. Or, applying it to the girdle binding together the robes round the hips (Ep 6:14).

cunning workman--(Psa 139:14-16; Ep 2:10, 22; 5:29, 30, 32).