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Joseph Benson’s Bible Commentary

Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep I was dull and sluggish; but my heart waketh Yet in my very sleep my thoughts run upon my beloved. It is the voice of my beloved Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice; that knocketh By his word, and providence, and Spirit, at the door of my heart; saying, Open to me Inviting me to let him into my soul; my sister, my love, &c. This heap of kind compellations signifies Christ's fervent affection to his people. My head is filled with dew While I wait without the door, which signifies his sufferings for the church's good. My locks with the drops of the night The dew which falls in the night.

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See also Song of Solomon 5:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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 _my heart_ with...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Some time may be supposed to have elapsed since the bride’s solemn espousals with the king Song of Solomon 4:7-5. A transient cloud of doubt or estrangement is now passing over her soul, as by the rel...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 5 The Bridegroom answers the invitation extended to Him when the bride had said, “Let my Beloved come into His (not her) garden.” He says, “I am come into My garden, My sister, My spouse.” She...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 _...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I SLEEP. I was asleep, or sleepy. WAKETH. kept awake. IT IS. Supply "it was". MY BELOVED. Hebrew masculine. THAT KNOCKETH. he is knocking (masculine). MY LOVE. my friend. Feminine. Hebrew. _ra'yah...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Song of Solomon 4:8 Chap. Song of Solomon 5:1. A true Lover's Pleading With Song of Solomon 4:8 a new song, representing another scene, begins. In it the peasant lover of the Shulammite comes to b

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _I sleep, but my heart waketh_ This clause states the circumstances under which the succeeding action takes place. As the dream is narrated at a later time, the participles should be rendered by the p...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 6:3. A Dream On the hypothesis we have adopted, a night must be supposed to intervene between Song of Solomon 5:1. After the interview with the king and that

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 851 SPIRITUAL SLOTH REPROVED Song of Solomon 5:2. 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: fo...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH— The fifth day's eclogue commences here; and contains a solemn declaration from the bridegroom, that he prefers his spouse to all others, chap. Song of Solomon 6:9. The wo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 5:28:4 _FOURTH SCENEThe King's Palace Song of Solomon 5:2 to Song of Solomon 8:4_ Retrospect Shulammite: Narration to Court Ladies of another dream, Song of Solomon 5:

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I sleep, but my heart waketh: 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, and my locks with the drops o...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    A DREAM. HIS BEAUTY AND HERS 2-7. Another dream of hers, with a painful ending. The accumulation (Song of Solomon 5:2) of names of endearment reminds us of the frequent repetition, by a Palestinian b...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Heavy dew falls, especially during spring and in the second half of the night. The Spanish poet whom Longfellow translated had in his mind our passage and Revelation 3:20 : 'Lord, what am I, that, wit...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 5 THE MAN V1 I have come into my garden, my special young woman, my bride. I have gathered my *myrrh and *spice....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I SLEEP. — This begins the old story under an image already employed (Song of Solomon 3:1). Here it is greatly amplified and elaborated. The poet pictures his lady dreaming of him, and when he seems t...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אֲנִ֥י יְשֵׁנָ֖ה וְ לִבִּ֣י עֵ֑ר קֹ֣ול ׀ דֹּו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    LOVE UNQUENCHABLE Song of Solomon 5:1 WE have seen how this strange poem mingles fact and fancy, memory and reverie, in what would be hopeless confusion if we could not detect a common prevailing sen...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of S...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    IV. Experiences Following Betrothal (Song of Solomon 5:2; Song of Solomon 6:1; Song of Solomon 7:1) 1. The Bride ...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    (b) I sleep, but my heart waketh: [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, [and] my locks with th...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Knocking. The spouse had retired to rest, as her beloved delayed longer than usual. But love is ever on the watch. (Calmet) --- She wished to meditate, but is called upon to assist others, and excited...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    I sleep, but my heart waketh: 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, and my locks with the drops of...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Chapter 5 gives us another experience. Intimacy was formed through the testimony of the Bridegroom's affection. The reassured heart, certain of His love, exhibits its slothfulness. Alas, what hearts a...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I SLEEP, BUT MY HEART WAKETH,.... Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero x calls "semisomni". Christ and the church having feasted together at his invitation, she soon after fell a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I sleep, but my heart waketh: [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, [and] my locks with the dr...

  • Jonathan Edwards' Notes On The Scriptures

    Song 5:2. "I sleep, but my heart waketh." It may be well explained by these words of Christ to His disciples; Matthew 26:41, "The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." Song 5:14...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I sleep, but my heart waketh, unable to shake off the half-conscious drowsiness which came upon her; IT IS THE VOICE OF MY BELOVED THAT KNOCKETH, SAYING, OPEN TO ME, MY SISTER, MY LOVE, MY DOVE, MY UN...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    CHRIST'S CALL TO THE DROWSY CHURCH. The Church Aroused from Sleep...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    2-8 Churches and believers, by carelessness and security, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to notice our spiritual slumbers and distempers. Christ knocks to awaken us, knocks by his word and Spir...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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 Belo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Song of Solomon 5:2 sleep H3463 heart H3820 awake H5782 (H8802) voice H6963 beloved H1730 knocks H1849 (H88

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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 nightm...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    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). The...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Song of Solomon 5:2 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 tho...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The distress of the Bride because of the temporary withdrawal of the groom, due to the Bride's neglect. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: The slights which careless...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Song of Solomon 5:9. _What is thy beloved more than another beloved?_ To address this question to Pharaoh's daughter, had been the highest insult. More therefore is intended in this sublime of songs t...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my Beloved that knocketh._ ASLEEP AND YET AWAKE-A RIDDLE We are glad to perceive in this Song the varied experience of the bride. She was the well-be...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 5:2 This dream is caused by the woman’s desire to be with her beloved instead of being separated from him. ⇐...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    NOTES Song 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 a...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 5:1 I AM COME INTO MY GARDEN, MY SISTER, MY BRIDE; 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,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Chapter 5, the bridegroom replies, 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:...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 5:14; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Daniel 8:18; Ephesians 5:14;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Asleep — I was dull, and sluggish. But — Yet in my very sleep my thoughts were running upon my beloved. It is — Between sleeping and waking, I heard his voice. Knocketh — By his word, and providence,...

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