Song of Solomon 5:6

Song of Solomon 5:6

4 My beloved put his hand
By the¹ latch of the door,
And my heart yearned for him.

5 I arose to open for my beloved,
And my hands dripped with myrrh,
My fingers with liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the lock.

6 I opened for my¹ beloved,
But my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My heart leaped up when he spoke.
^aI sought him, but I could not find him;
I called him, but he gave me no answer.

7 ^aThe watchmen who went about the city found me.
They struck me, they wounded me;
The keepers of the walls
Took my veil away from me.

8 I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
That you tell him I am lovesick!

The Daughters of Jerusalem

9 What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
^aO fairest among women?
What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
That you so¹ charge us?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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withdrawn—He knocked when she was sleeping; for to have left her then would have ended in the death sleep; He withdraws now that she is roused, as she needs correction (Jeremiah 2:17, Jeremiah 2:19), and can appreciate and safely bear it now, which she could not then. "The strong He'll strongly try" (I Corinthians 10:13).

when he spake—rather, "because of His speaking"; at the remembrance of His tender words (Job 29:2-3; Psalms 27:13; Psalms 142:7), or till He should speak.

no answer— (Job 23:3-9; Job 30:20; Job 34:29; Lamentations 3:44). Weak faith receives immediate comfort (Luke 8:44, Luke 8:47-48); strong faith is tried with delay (Matthew 15:22-23).

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