Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. She speaks as if he were pre-eminently and solely the object of her love. I want nothing but thee: so dear art thou to me that I did not send any one, but I am come in person to seek thee. She adds, "thy face," to imply that she is charmed by his beauty of face and person. "I have found thee" is the language of one congratulating herself on the happy Providence which has thrown him in her way, as though God Himself were the author of wickedness (cf. 1 Samuel 23:7; Zechariah 11:5).