Song of Songs 5:2-7
Legacy Standard Bible
2 “[a]I was asleep, but my heart was awake.
A voice! My beloved was knocking:
‘Open to me, (A)my sister, my darling,
(B)My dove, my perfect one!
For my head is full of dew,
My (C)locks with the [b]damp of the night.’
3 I have (D)taken off my long-sleeved garment,
How can I put it on again?
I have (E)washed my feet,
How can I dirty them again?
4 My beloved sent forth his hand through the opening,
And my [c](F)feelings moaned for him.
5 I arose to open to my beloved;
And my hands (G)dripped with myrrh,
And my fingers with [d]liquid myrrh,
On the handles of the lock.
6 I opened to my beloved,
But my beloved had (H)turned away and passed by!
My soul went out to him as he (I)spoke.
I (J)searched for him, but I did not find him;
I (K)called him, but he did not answer me.
7 The (L)watchmen who go about in the city found me,
They struck me and wounded me;
The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.
Footnotes
- Song of Songs 5:2 BRIDE
- Song of Songs 5:2 Lit drops
- Song of Songs 5:4 Lit bowels
- Song of Songs 5:5 Lit passing
Song of Songs 5:2-7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Another Dream
2 I was sleeping, but my heart was awake.
The sound of my beloved 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.”(A)
3 I had put off my garment;
how could I put it on again?
I had bathed my feet;
how could I soil them?(B)
4 My beloved thrust his hand into the opening,
and my inmost being yearned for him.
5 I arose to open to my beloved,
and my hands dripped with myrrh,
my fingers with liquid myrrh,
upon the handles of the bolt.(C)
6 I opened to my beloved,
but my beloved had turned away and was gone.
My soul failed me when he spoke.
I sought him but did not find him;
I called him, but he gave no answer.(D)
7 Making their rounds in the city
the sentinels found me;
they beat me; they wounded me;
they took away my mantle,
those sentinels of the walls.(E)
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