Song of Solomon 5:2

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

In this song of loves and joys we have here a very melancholy scene; the spouse here speaks, not to her beloved (as before, for he has withdrawn), but of him, and it is a sad story she tells of her own folly and ill conduct towards him, notwithstanding his kindness, and of the just rebukes she fell under for it. Perhaps it may refer to Solomon's own apostasy from God, and the sad effects of that apostasy after God had come into his garden, had taken possession of the temple he had built, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh ,.... Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero F24 Familiar. Epist. l. 7. Ep. 1. calls "semisomni". Christ and the church having feasted together at his invitation, she soon after fell asleep, as the disciples did after a repast with their Lord; yet not so fast asleep but that she was sensible of it; for this was not the dead sleep of sin, in which unconverted men are, and are insensible of; nor a judicial slumber some are given up unto,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh - This is a new part; and some suppose that the fifth day's solemnity begins here. Though I sleep, yet so impressed is may heart with the excellences of my beloved, that my imagination presents him to me in the most pleasing dreams throughout the night. I doubt whether the whole, from this verse to the end of the seventh, be not a dream: several parts of it bear this resemblance; and I confess there are some parts of it, such as her hesitating to rise, his sudden... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The bride ' s reminiscence of a love dream. I was asleep, but my heart waked, It is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, 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. There is a resemblance between this account of what was apparently a dream, and that which is related in So Song of Solomon 3:1-4 ; but the difference is very clear. In the former case the lover is represented as dismissed for a... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The flesh and spirit. "I sleep, but my heart waketh." The body sleeping, the heart awake. I. SOMETIMES , AS HERE , BUT ONE OF THESE IS AWAKE . 1 . Here it was the spirit. 2 . Often it is only the flesh that is awake. This a fearful condition. Cf. St. Jude, "These be sensual, not having the Spirit." Men may, do, sink down into gross animalism. It is horrible as well as disgraceful. It was that which led to the destruction of Sodom, of the Canaanites, etc.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

Languid life. The experiences of the saints are useful guide posts on the heavenly road. They help by way of counsel, caution, inspiration, comfort, warning. Some experiences recorded serve as lighthouses, some as beacons. A wise pilgrim will not despise any one of them. If a traveller is about to cross Africa from west to east, he will not fail to ask what were the fortunes and experiences of those who have already made that perilous journey. He will learn from their mistakes and their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The heart that waketh. Thus opens the recital of a dream—a dream which was the confused expression of deep feelings, of affection, of apprehension, of anxiety. The expression is poetical; the body slumbers, yet the mind and its feelings are not altogether asleep. A slumbering heart is inaccessible to the Divine approach, the Divine appeal, the Divine mercy. It is well when the heart waketh, for the wakeful heart is— I. PROMPT TO HEAR THE VOICE OF HEAVEN . The mother... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-5

Open to the beloved who knocketh. This dream, so significant of fervent affection, and so full of tender pathos, is emblematic of the relation between the Divine Saviour and Lord and those whom he approaches in his grace and kindness, to whom he proffers the blessing of his presence and his love. I. THE SUMMONS . 1 . Its nature. There is the knock which demands attention, and there is the speech which articulately conveys the appeal. Christ comes to the world, and comes to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The second dream of the bride. I. THE BRIDEGROOM AT THE DOOR . 1 . The voice of the beloved. The bridegroom is absent; the bride is alone. There is a temporary separation, something approaching to an estrangement; yet the old love is not lost. The bride is sleeping when she should be awake and watching for the bridegroom's approach. Yet her heart waketh. She has a dreamy consciousness of what is going on around her; she seems to hear in her dream the voice of her beloved.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The dream of Gethsemane. Under the imagery of this dream devout students have seen pictured forth the pathetic facts of the garden in which our Lord was in agony, and his disciples slept (cf. Matthew 26:40-43 and parallels). We have— I. THE DISTRESSED SAVIOR . ( Song of Solomon 5:2 .) He desired his disciples to watch with him. He needed and desired their sympathy and the solace which their watchful love would have given him. His soul was troubled. He was as he who is told of... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-5

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

The Pulpit Commentary - Song of Solomon 5:2-8

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