Song of Solomon 8:13 (DRB)

Passage

Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken: make me hear thy voice.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 8:11 The peaceable had a vineyard, in that which hath people: he let out the same to keepers, every man bringeth for the fruit thereof a thousand pieces of silver.

Song of Solomon 8:12 My vineyard is before me. A thousand are for thee, the peaceable, and two hundred for them that keep the fruit thereof.

Song of Solomon 8:13 Thou that dwellest in the gardens, the friends hearken: make me hear thy voice.

Song of Solomon 8:14 Flee away, O my beloved, and be like to the roe, and to the young hart upon the mountains of aromatical spices.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "dwellest", "gardens", "friends", "hearken", "make", and "voice". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "dwellest", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "My vineyard is before me A thousand..." into verse 14's "Flee away O my beloved and be...", so "thou" and "dwellest" 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 "thou" and "dwellest" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.