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Lover
1 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:
Friends
eat, O friends; drink,
yea, drink abundantly, O beloved.
Beloved
2 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 the night.
3 I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed
my feet; how shall I defile them?
4 My beloved put in his hand by the hole
of the door, and my
bowels were moved for him.
5 I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with
myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles
of the lock.
6 I opened to my beloved; but my beloved had withdrawn himself,
and was gone: my soul failed
when he spake:
I sought him, but I
could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.
7 The watchmen that went about the city found me, they smote me,
they wounded me; the keepers of the walls
took away my veil from
me.
8 I charge you, O
daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved,
that ye tell him, that I am sick of love.
Friends
9 What is thy beloved more than another beloved, O thou fairest
among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that
thou dost so charge us?
Beloved
10 My beloved is white and ruddy, the
chiefest among ten
thousand.
11 His head is as the most fine gold, his locks are bushy, and
black as a raven.
12 His eyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters,
washed with milk, and fitly set.
13 His cheeks are as a bed of spices, as sweet flowers: his lips
like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.
14 His hands are as gold rings set with the beryl: his belly is
as bright ivory overlaid with sapphires.
15 His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine
gold: his countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.
16 His mouth is most sweet: yea, he is altogether lovely. This is
my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.1
Bible Commentary
1. Into my garden. This verse belongs properly in the preceding chapter. It is
Solomon's response to the maid's consent to marriage.
Eat, O friends. Evidently spoken to the guests at the wedding feast.
2. I sleep. Here begins a new section. The bride relates a troubled dream.
She dreams that her beloved came to her at night, and by a moment's
delay she lost him. This is similar to the dream related in
ch.
3:1-5, only here the emphasis is on the trouble rather than on the
happy outcome.
3. I have put off my coat. She seems to be saying, "I have retired for the night; do not
disturb me."
4. Of the door. These words are supplied and perhaps correctly so. Some think
he may have extended has hand through the latticed window of her
home.
5. I rose. Presumably still in her dream.
6. When he spake.
We may suppose an expression of disappointment as the lover goes
away.
I sought him.
Probably still in her troubled dream.
7. Took away my veil.
Evidently to see who she was.
8. Daughters of Jerusalem.
In her dream she finds herself accosting the daughters of
Jerusalem to help her find her beloved.
10. Chiefest among ten
thousand.
A fitting title of Christ. The description of the
bridegroom continues through v. 16 and reaches a climax in the
expression "He is altogether lovely." This description is
frequently coupled with the title, "chiefest among ten thousand,"
when referring to Christ.4
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Wesley's Notes on the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/wesley/song5.htm
3. John Gill's Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/song/gill/song5.htm
4.
SDA Bible
Commentary - Vol. 3 pg. 1120
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Structure of
Canticles 5 |
Christ answers the church's invitation, and shews her the
delight he took in her fruit, ver. 1.
She acknowledges her negligence to Christ in not opening the
door, ver. 2-6.
Of the harsh usage she met with, ver. 7.
She tells the daughters of Jerusalem she is sick of love to
Christ, ver. 8.
Their question concerning him, ver. 9.
A description of Christ by his graces, ver. 10-15.
In whom she boasteth, ver. 16.2
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Synopsis of Canticles 5 |
This chapter
begins with Christ's answer to the church's request; in
which he informs her, that he was come into his garden, as
she desired, and gives an account of what he had done there;
and kindly invites his dear friends to feast with him there,
Ver 1;
Then she relates her case and
circumstances, which followed upon this, her sleepy frame,
and ungrateful carriage to her beloved; which he resenting,
withdrew from her, and this gave her sensible pain, Ver 2;
what treatment she met with from
the watchmen; her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem; and
the questions they asked about her beloved, Ver 7;
which put her upon giving a large
description of him, by each of his parts, head, hair, &c. Ver 10;
And the chapter is concluded with
a general commendation of him and his loveliness, and a
claim of interest in Ver 16.3
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