Matthew Poole and continuators on Song of Solomon 8:5

5 ( Who is this that cometh up from the wilderness , leaning upon her beloved ?) I raised thee up under the apple-tree ; there thy mother brought thee forth , there she brought thee forth that bare thee.

These words are repeated from ch. 3. 6. of which see the notes there. This and the next clause are the words either 1. Of the Daughters of Ierusalem, or the Friends of the Bride and Bridegroom, admiring and congratulating this happy conjunction: Or 2. Of the Bridegroom, who proposeth the Question, that he may give the Answer here following.

Which implies both great freedom and familiarity, and fervent affection, and dependance upon him. If these be the Bridegrooms words, he speaketh of himself in the third Person, which is usual in the Hebrew Language.

When thou wast falln, and laid low, and wert dead in trespasses, and in the depth of misery, I revived thee.

Under my own shadow; for she had compared him to an apple-tree, and declared, that under the shadow of that Tree she had both delight and fruit, Cant. 2. 3. which is the same thing with this raising up.

Under that Tree, either the Universal or the Primitive Church did conceive and bring thee forth.

Marginal references: Ch. 3. 6.