Song of Solomon 3:1
Bride: On my bed, throughout the night, I sought him whom my soul loves. I sought him, and did not find him.
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In The King James Version
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 4:4And know this: the Lord has made wondrous his holy one. The Lord will heed me when I cry out to him.
Psalms 22:2He has settled me here, in a place of pasture. He has led me out to the water of refreshment.
Psalms 77:2I will open my mouth in parables. I will speak about concepts that are from the beginning.
Psalms 130:1A Canticle in steps: of David. O Lord, my heart has not been exalted, and my eyes have not been raised up. Neither have I walked in greatness, nor in wonders beyond me.
Song of Solomon 5:6My beloved put his hand through the window, and my inner self was moved by his touch.
Isaiah 26:9My soul has desired you in the night. But I will also watch for you with my spirit, in my inmost heart, from the morning. When you accomplish your judgments upon the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn justice.
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 3:1
In this chapter, I. The church gives an account of a sore trial wherewith she was exercised through the withdrawing of her beloved from her, the pains she was at before she recovered the comfortable sense of his favour again, and the resolution she took, when she did recover it, not to lose it again, as she had done through her own carelessness, ver. 1-5 . II. The daughters of Jerusalem admire the excellencies of the church, ver. 6 . III. The church admires Jesus Christ under the person of Solomon, his bed, and… Read the whole commentary →