Song of Solomon 3:1
In my bed by night I sought him that my soule loued: I sought him, but I found him not.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 4:4Tremble, and sinne not: examine your owne heart vpon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Psalms 22:2O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought ye Lord: my sore ranne and ceased not in the night: my soule refused comfort.
Psalms 130:1A song of degrees. Out of the deepe places haue I called vnto thee, O Lord.
Song of Solomon 5:6I opened to my welbeloued: but my welbeloued was gone, and past: mine heart was gone when hee did speake: I sought him, but I coulde not finde him: I called him, but hee answered mee not.
Isaiah 26:9With my soule haue I desired thee in the night, and with my spirit within mee will I seeke thee in the morning: for seeing thy iudgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world shall learne righteousnesse.
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 →