While the king My royal husband; sitteth at the table With me in his ordinances. My spikenard The graces of his Spirit conferred upon me, here compared to those sweet ointments, which the master of the feast caused to be poured out upon the heads of the guests, (Luke 7:38,) in which ointments spikenard was a chief ingredient; sendeth forth the smell thereof This denotes the exercise and manifestation of her graces, which are a sweet-smelling savour in the nostrils of her husband, and of her companions.
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Song of Solomon 1:12
12 While the king sitteth at his table, my spikenard sendeth forth the smell thereof.