Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of Yah. Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.”
Song of Solomon 8:4 “I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem, Why should you arouse or awaken my love Until she pleases?”
Song of Solomon 8:5 “Who is this coming up from the wilderness Leaning on her beloved?” “Beneath the apple tree I awakened you; There your mother was in labor with you; There she was in labor and gave you birth.
Song of Solomon 8:6 Put me like a seal over your heart, Like a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death, Jealousy is as severe as Sheol; Its flashes are flashes of fire, The very flame of Yah.
Song of Solomon 8:7 Many waters cannot quench love, Nor will rivers overflow it; If a man were to give all the riches of his house for love, It would be utterly despised.”
Song of Solomon 8:8 “We have a little sister, And she has no breasts; What shall we do for our sister On the day when she is spoken for?
Song of Solomon 8:9 If she is a wall, We will build on her a battlement of silver; But if she is a door, We will barricade her with planks of cedar.”
The verse centers on "like", "seal", "over", "heart", "love", and "strong". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "like" and "seal", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.
The nearby context moves from verse 5's "Who is this coming up from the..." into verse 8's "We have a little sister And she...", so "like" and "seal" 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 "like" and "seal" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.