Song of Solomon 1:12

The King, my royal Husband, sitteth at his table; either,

1. With the spirits of just men and blessed angels in heavenly glory, to which Christ was advanced after his sufferings, and from which he poureth down his Spirit upon his people. Or rather,

2. With me in his gospel and ordinances, in which Christ entertaineth his people, and is in a special, and gracious, and glorious manner present with them, Matthew 2:20; Matthew 18:20, which also is oft represented in Scripture under the motion of a feast or banquet, of which see Proverbs 9:1 Isa 25:6 Matthew 2:11; Matthew 8:2 1 Corinthians 10:21. My spikenard; the graces of his Spirit conferred upon me, and drawn forth by his powerful presence, which is here compared to those sweet ointments which the master of the feast caused to be poured out upon the beads of the guests, of which see Mark 14:3 Luke 7:38, in which ointments spikenard was a chief ingredient, 1 Thessalonians 12:2,3. Sendeth forth the smell thereof; which notes the exercise and manifestation of her graces, which is a sweet-smelling savour in the nostrils of her Husband, and of her companions.