ESV Reformation Study Bible – Song 1:2–4
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Song 1:2–4

1:2–4 Third person expressions in 1:2 and 1:4 (“Let him kiss me . . . The king has brought me”) open and close the paragraph, which is otherwise in the second person (“your love . . . your name”). The girl oscillates between thinking about her absent lover and addressing him as though he were present.