Song of Solomon 8:1
8:1 O {a} that thou [wert] as my brother, that was nourished at
    the breasts of my mother! [when] I should find thee outside,
    I would kiss thee; yea, I should not be despised.

    (a) The Church called of the Gentiles speaks thus to the
        Church of Jerusalem.

Song of Solomon 8:3
8:3 {b} His left hand [should be] under my head, and his right
    hand should embrace me.

    (b) Read Song of Solomon 2:6.

Song of Solomon 8:4
8:4 {c} I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem, that ye stir
    not, nor awake [my] love, until he please.

    (c) Read Song of Solomon 3:5.

Song of Solomon 8:6
8:6 {d} Set me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm:
    for love [is] strong as death; jealousy [is] cruel as the
    grave: the coals of it [are] coals of fire, [which hath a]
    most vehement flame.

    (d) The spouse desires Christ to be joined in perpetual love
        with him.

Song of Solomon 8:8
8:8 {e} We have a little sister, and she hath no breasts: what
    shall we do for our sister in the day when she shall be
    spoken for?

    (e) The Jewish Church speaks this of the Church of the
        Gentiles.

Song of Solomon 8:9
8:9 {f} If she [is] a wall, we will build upon her a palace of
    silver: and if she [is] a door, we will inclose her with
    boards of cedar.

    (f) If she is sure and fast, she is fit for her husband to
        dwell in.

Song of Solomon 8:10
8:10 {g} I [am] a wall, and my breasts like towers: then was I
     in his eyes as one that found favour.

     (g) The Church promises fidelity and constancy.

Song of Solomon 8:11
8:11 {h} Solomon had a vineyard at Baalhamon; he let out the
     vineyard to keepers; every one for the fruit of it was to
     bring a thousand [pieces] of silver.

     (h) This is the vineyard of the Lord hired out,
         Matthew 21:33.

Song of Solomon 8:13
8:13 Thou that dwellest in the {i} gardens, the companions
     hearken to thy voice: cause me to hear [it].

     (i) Christ dwells in his Church, whose voice the faithful
         hear.

Song of Solomon 8:14
8:14 {k} Make haste, my beloved, and be thou like a roe or a
     young hart upon the mountains of spices.

     (k) The Church desires Christ that if he depart from them,
         yet he would haste to help them in their troubles.