Song of Solomon 5:2
[[M.]] I slept, but my heart was awake; It was the voice of my beloved, who was knocking: “Open to me, my sister, my love, My dove, my perfect one! For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.”
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Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, O ye gates! Lift yourselves up, ye everlasting doors, That the king of glory may come in!
Psalms 119:1Happy are they who are upright in their way, Who walk in the law of the LORD!
Song of Solomon 2:8[[M.]] The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh, Leaping upon the mountains, Bounding upon the hills.
Song of Solomon 2:14O my dove, that art in the recesses of the rock, In the hiding-places of the steep craggy mountain, Let me see thy face, Let me hear thy voice! For sweet is thy voice, And thy face lovely.”
Song of Solomon 4:7Thou art all fair, my love; There is no spot in thee!
Matthew Henry on Song of Solomon 5:2
The Love of Christ to the Church. 1 I am come into my garden, my sister, my spouse: I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, O beloved. These words are Christ's answer to the church's prayer in the close of the foregoing chapter, Let my beloved come into his garden; here he has come, and lets her know it. See how ready God is to hear prayer, how ready Christ is to accept the invitations that his… Read the whole commentary →