Song of Solomon 8:5 (DRB)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

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.

Song of Solomon 8:6 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench charity, neither can the floods drown it: if a man should give all the substance of his house for love, he shall despise it as nothing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "light", "cometh", "desert", "flowing", "delights", "leaning", "upon", and "beloved". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "light" and "cometh", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 4's "I adjure you O daughters of Jerusalem..." into verse 6's "Put me as a seal upon thy...", so "light" and "cometh" 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 "light" and "cometh" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.