Song of Solomon 7 · a question people ask
Who is speaking in this chapter?
The chapter doesn't name anyone. The WEB marks no speaker in it (its five speaker words are in 1:4, 5:1, 6:13 and 8:5), and the Hebrew has no speakers' names at all. The Hebrew does show who is spoken to. In 7:1-9 every you and your is a woman, whom 7:1 calls "prince’s daughter" (7:1). The one praising her says "I said" (7:8) without a name. In 7:9, after your mouth, said to her, come the words "for my beloved" (7:9), and the verse doesn't mark who says them. In 7:10 and 7:11 my beloved is a man: the desire is his (7:10), and Come is said to a man (7:11). The Hebrew doesn't mark whether the one speaking in 7:9-13 is a man or a woman, so these notes call that voice the speaker.
The verses
“How beautiful are your feet in sandals, prince’s daughter! Your rounded thighs are like jewels, the work of the hands of a skillful workman.”
“I said, “I will climb up into the palm tree. I will take hold of its fruit.” Let your breasts be like clusters of the vine, the smell of your breath like apples. Your mouth is like the best wine, that goes down smoothly for my beloved, gliding through the lips of those who are asleep. I am my beloved’s. His desire is toward me. Come, my beloved! Let’s go out into the field. Let’s lodge in the villages.”