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" Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me : my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. "
Whole Works of the Rev. Mr. John Flavel - Page 496
by John Flavel - 1799
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A Commentary on the Song of Solomon

George Burrowes - Bible - 1853 - 542 pages
...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Having acknowledged the whole truth concerning herself, dark but comely, the spouse seems here to say,...
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Mercy manifested to a chief sinner: or, Autobiography and letters of ...

Edward Blackstock - 1853 - 566 pages
...the sun (of persecution) hath looked upon me ; my mother's children were angry with me ; they made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept." Song of Sol. i. 6. For many months after I first came here, I was received so fully as I hardly ever...
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The missionary's daily text book: with reflections [&c. Ed. by H. Bailey].

Henry Bailey - 1853 - 390 pages
...humility and love. — (Rev. J. Howson.) HENRY W. FOX, M. TO MASULIPATAM, DIED, 1848. They made me keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Cant. i. 6. A missionary life does not deliver one from spiritual trials, such as used to beset me...
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The Sword and the trowel; ed. by C.H. Spurgeon

London metrop. tabernacle - 1873 - 594 pages
...are not more careful in this matter there is a possibility that the confession of the sponse — " They have made me the keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept " — may be more appropriate than, perhaps, at present we are willing to acknowledge. Moreover, just...
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A Maimonides Reader

Moses Maimonides - Religion - 1972 - 516 pages
...have been coined for these notions; it says: "My mother's sons were incensed against me; they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept" (Song of Songs 1:6). It says on this very same subject: "Lest you give your splendor to others, and...
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The Reader's Bible, a Narrative: Selections from the King James Version

Roland Mushat Frye - Bibles - 1978 - 644 pages
...because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul lovcth. Where thou feedest, where thou makcst thy flock to rest at noon:...
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Holy Bible

Zondervan - Bible - 1984 - 940 pages
...because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me: my mother's children were angry with me; they speedily. O LORD: 7 Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon:...
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The Fathers According to Rabbi Nathan

Religion - 1955 - 314 pages
...Israel,14 (as it is said,) Your carcasses shall fall in this wilderness (Num. 14:29). They made me keeper of the vineyards, but mine own vineyard have I not kept. Said the Holy One, blessed be He: "Who has caused me to show favor to the Gentiles? Only Israel!" For...
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Nonfiction

Hugh M. Ruppersburg - 1994 - 593 pages
...because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me: My mother's children were angry with me; They made me the keeper of the vineyards; But mine own vineyard have I not kept. — The Song of Solomon Out of the North the train thundered, and we woke to see the crimson soil of...
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Ancient Zionism: The Biblical Origins of the National Idea

Avi Erlich - Religion - 2010 - 298 pages
...free, yet harnessed to the Zionist enterprise. Chapter 16 Dry Bones: Zion as Tragicomedy They made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept. — Song of Solomon 1 ACCORDING TO ONE JEWISH TRADITION, EZRA PRESERVED THE BIBLE while the Hebrews...
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