His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and black as a raven.
Head ... gold - the Godhead of Jesus Christ, as distinguished from His heel, i:e., manhood, which was "bruised" by Satan; both together being one Christ, "the head of every man." Also His sovereignty; as Nebuchadnezzar, the supreme king, was "the head of gold." The highest creature, compared with Him, is brass, iron, and clay. He is Preciousness itself (Greek, 1 Peter 2:7).
Bushy - curled, token of headship. In contrast with her flowing locks (Song of Solomon 4:1), the token of her subjection to Him. The Hebrew х taltaliym (H8534)] means (Maurer) (pendulous as) the branches of a palm, which, when in leaf, resemble waving plumes of feathers. So Septuagint and Vulgate, and similarly Arabic and Syriac, from Hebrew, taalah, to hang. Cocceius, Mercer, etc., take it as a frequentative, from te'el, a heap, and taalal (H8524), to heap. Crisped curls. This seems preferable, as the contrast is between His crisped curls as a man, and her flowing locks as a woman.
Black - implying youth: no 'grey hairs' (Psalms 102:27; Psalms 110:3-4; contrast Hosea 7:9). Jesus Christ was crucified in the prime of vigour and manliness. In heaven, on the other hand, His hair is "white," He being the Ancient of days (Daniel 7:9). These contrasts, often concur in Him (Song of Solomon 5:10), "white and ruddy;" hero the "raven" (Song of Solomon 5:12), the "dove," as both with Noah in the ark, emblems of judgment and mercy.