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If she is a wall [C chaste],
    we will put silver towers on her [C support and honor her].
If she is a door [C promiscuous],
    we will ·protect [enclose] her with cedar boards [C put a stop to her sexual activity].

The Woman Speaks

10 I am a wall [C chaste],
    and my breasts are like towers [C she is mature].
So I ·was to him [or will be in his eyes],
    as one who brings ·happiness [peace; contentment].
11 Solomon had a vineyard at Baal Hamon.
    He ·rented [entrusted] the vineyards ·for others to tend [or to guards],
and everyone who rented had to pay
    ·twenty-five pounds [L a thousand pieces] of silver for the fruit.

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