Song of Solomon 2:7 (DBY)

Passage

I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 2:5 Sustain ye me with raisin-cakes, Refresh me with apples; For I am sick of love.

Song of Solomon 2:6 His left hand is under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.

Song of Solomon 2:7 I charge you, daughters of Jerusalem, By the gazelles, or by the hinds of the field, That ye stir not up, nor awake [my] love, till he please.

Song of Solomon 2:8 The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.

Song of Solomon 2:9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young hart. Behold, he standeth behind our wall, He looketh in through the windows, Glancing through the lattice.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "charge", "daughters", "jerusalem", "gazelles", "hinds", "field", "stir", and "awake". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "charge" and "daughters", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "His left hand is under my head..." into verse 8's "The voice of my beloved Behold he...", so "charge" and "daughters" belong inside that flow. In Song of Solomon context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "charge" and "daughters" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.