Song of Solomon 3:1
[SHE] Upon my couch, in the night-time, sought I the beloved of my soul,—I sought him, but found him not.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 4:4Be deeply moved, but do not sin,—Ponder in your own heart upon your bed, and be silent. [Selah.]
Psalms 22:2My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
Psalms 77:2In the day of my distress—unto My Lord, will I seek, My hand, by night, hath been outstretched and never once became slack, My soul, hath refused to be consoled;
Psalms 130:1Out of the depths, have I cried unto thee, O Yahweh.
Song of Solomon 5:6I myself, opened to my beloved, but, my beloved, had turned away, had passed on,—My soul, had gone out when he spake, I sought him, but found him not, I called him, but he answered not.
Isaiah 26:9With my soul, longed I for thee in the night, Yea with my spirit within me, I kept on searching for thee,—For, when thy regulations [extend] to the earth, The inhabitants of the world will have learned, righteousness.
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 →