The answer
“Listen O daughter” (Ps. 45:10), For He espoused her as a wife, He loves her as a daughter, He provides for her as a handmaid, He guards her as a virgin, He fences her round like a garden, and cherishes her like a member: as a head He provides for her, as a root he causes her to grow, as a shepherd He feeds her, as a bridegroom He weds her, as a propitiation He pardons her, as a sheep He is sacrificed, as a bridegroom He preserves her in beauty, as a husband He provides for her support.”1020
Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty
Notes
1020 St. John Chrysostom, Homily 2 on Eutropius (NPNF I/9:263).