Song of Solomon 1:5

Song of Solomon 1:5. I am black,

Ah, my soul, how true is that of thee! "I am black," -

Song of Solomon 1:5. But comely,

Oh, glorious faith, that can, through the blackness, still see the comeliness! We are comely when covered with the righteousness of Christ, though black in ourselves. "I am black, but comely," -

Song of Solomon 1:5. O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar,

Smoke-dried, foul, filthy, poverty-stricken.

Song of Solomon 1:5. As the curtains of Solomon.

Bedecked with embroidery made with gold and silver threads, and fit for a king’s tent, so strangely mixed is the nature of the believer: "black but comely," ... "as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon."