Song of Solomon 8:3 (DRB)

Passage

His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Nearby Context

Song of Solomon 8:1 Who shall give thee to me for my brother, sucking the breasts of my mother, that I may find thee without, and kiss thee, and now no man may despise me?

Song of Solomon 8:2 I will take hold of thee, and bring thee into my mother's house: there thou shalt teach me, and I will give thee a cup of spiced wine and new wine of my pomegranates.

Song of Solomon 8:3 His left hand under my head, and his right hand shall embrace me.

Song of Solomon 8:4 I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that you stir not up, nor awake my love till she please.

Song of Solomon 8:5 Who is this that cometh up from the desert, flowing with delights, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I raised thee up: there thy mother was corrupted, there she was defloured that bore thee.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "left", "hand", "under", "head", "right", "shall", and "embrace". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "left" and "hand", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 2's "I will take hold of thee and..." into verse 4's "I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem...", so "left" and "hand" 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 "left" and "hand" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.