Song of Solomon 4:4 (DRB)

Passage

Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 4:2 Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are shorn, which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.

Song of Solomon 4:3 Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

Song of Solomon 4:4 Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

Song of Solomon 4:5 Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Song of Solomon 4:6 Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "neck", "tower", "david", "built", "bulwarks", "thousand", "bucklers", and "hang". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "neck" and "tower", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 3's "Thy lips are as a scarlet lace..." into verse 5's "Thy two breasts like two young roes...", so "neck" and "tower" 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 "neck" and "tower" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.