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Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Song of Solomon 5:1-16

FOURTH SONGShulamith’s longing for her home again awakened.Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 8:4FIRST SCENE:Shulamith and the Daughters of Jerusalem(Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3)Shulamith (relating a dream).2 I1 was sleeping, but my heart was waking2—Hark!3 my beloved is knocking:‘Open4 to me, my sister,my dear, my dove, my perfect;5for6 my head is filled with dew,my locks with drops of the night!’3 “I7 have taken off my dress,how shall I put it on?I have washed my feet,how8... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2-16; Song of Solomon 6:1-13; Son 7:1-9 ) 1. The Bride (Song of Solomon 5:2-16; Son 6:1-3 ). The Maiden's Troubled Dream. (a) The Coming of the Beloved in the Night ( Son 5:2-5 ) (b) The Door Opened, but the Beloved Vanished (Song of Solomon 5:6 a). (c) Her Search (Song of Solomon 5:6-16; Son 6:1-12 ). 1. Out in the Streets (6b). 2. The Ill Treatment of the Watchmen (7). 3. Appeal to the Women of Jerusalem (8). 4. Their Answer... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Nightmare Begins. Her BELOVED seeks to join her in her room, but she lets him go away. She is too filled with her own comfort and her own delightfulness. ‘I was asleep, but my heart awoke, It is the voice of my beloved who knocks, saying, “Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled, For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.” Lying asleep in her luxurious bed it was as though she was suddenly awoken by a knock on the door, although it was only her... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-16

SECTION 4. HER SECOND NIGHTMARE (Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3 ). Sadly the original warmth of the marriage appears at some stage to have grown cold, for we find now that she has a nightmare that when her beloved comes to enjoy her love, she cannot be bothered to open the door to him, especially as he has come in damp and dripping from watching over the sheep. (She still dreams of him as her shepherd). How can he thus expect to share her bed? So she refuses to open to him. She... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2-7

Song of Solomon 5:2-Judges : . Another Dream-Poem.— It is not certain where the division should be made here, but it is possible to treat these verses as a separate poem and regard Song of Solomon 5:8 f. as the introduction to the wasf on the bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 5:10 to Song of Solomon 6:3). The originality of Song of Solomon 5:7 has been questioned as an expansion of Song of Solomon 3:3, but it may well be part of a troubled dream. The description is very vivid and beautiful. The... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, Heb. I was asleep, i.e. I was dull, and sluggish, and insensible of his kind expressions and offers of grace. But my heart waketh; yet in my very sleep my thoughts were running upon my Beloved, as is not unusual in such cases, which at last awakened me. Thus she implies the conflict which was between the flesh and the Spirit, and the Spirit’s victory in the combat. It is the voice of my Beloved; between sleeping and waking I fancied that I heard his voice. That knocketh, by his word,... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

NotesSong of Solomon 5:2 : I sleep, but my heart waketh. ‘Sleep,’ יְשֵׁנָה yeshenah, a participle or adjective, from יָשֵׁן to sleep. GESENIUS. The connection with what follows gives to יְשֵׁנָה and עֵר the sense of imperfects: ‘I was sleeping,’ &c. ZÖCKLER, HITZIG. So GOOD, PERCY, BOOTHROYD, &c. DIODATI, MARTIN, and DUTCH: I slept or was asleep. Was sleeping as if inebriated with delights. MICHAELIS, A. CLARKE. Had laid her head down on her couch, waiting for her beloved, and had... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

Song of Solomon 5:2-8 I. Christ is ever knocking at the heart; in those who have not received Him, that they may receive Him; in those who have received Him, that they may receive Him more fully; in those who are negligent or who relax that they may rouse themselves; in those who are holy that they may be holier still. Christ is within the heart, else we could not open it. He is without it, because it is finite, He infinite. He knocks by all things which teach us to choose Him; that He is all,... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

DISCOURSE: 851SPIRITUAL SLOTH REPROVEDSong of Solomon 5:2-8. I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying, Open to me my sitter, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night. I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on! I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them? My beloved put in his hand by the hole of the door, and my bowels were moved for him. I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Song of Solomon 5:2

sleep The bride is satisfied with her washed feet while the Bridegroom, His "head filled with dew," and His "locks with the drops of night," is toiling for others. See Luke 6:12; Luke 14:21-23. The state of the bride is not one of sin, but of neglect of service. She is preoccupied with the graces and perfections which she has in Christ through the Spirit ; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; Galatians 5:22; Galatians 5:23. It is mysticism, unbalanced by the activities of the Christian warfare. Her feet are... read more

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