Song Of Solomon 5:2 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | RSV

I slept, but my heart was awake. Hark! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

Some time has likely passed since the bride’s solemn betrothal to the king (Song of Solomon 4:5–7:1). A transient cloud of doubt or est…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

I sleep. —This begins the old story under an image already employed (Song of Solomon 3:1). Here it is greatly amplifie…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

I sleep, but my heart wakes
Like persons that are half awake, half asleep, whom Cicero^F24 calls "semisomni". Christ…

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Churches and believers, through carelessness and complacency, provoke Christ to withdraw. We ought to take note of our spiritual slumbers and ailme…

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