Song Of Solomon

Song Of Solomon 5

1Christ awaketh the church with His calling. 2The church having a taste of Christ's love is sick of love. 9A description of Christ by his graces.

1I ^aAM come into my garden, ^bmy sister, my spouse: I ^chave gathered my myrrh with my spice; I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey; I have drunk my wine with my milk: ^deat, O friends; drink, ¹yea, drink abundantly, ^eO beloved.

a ch. 4.11,16. Is. 58.9; 65.24. Ps. 50.15; 91.15. b Mat. 12.50. Ho. 2.19,20. c Ps. 147.11. Zep. 3.17. ch. 4.11-14. Is. 55.1. d Pr. 1.23; 9.5. Ps. 34.8. Is. 55.1-3. Re. 22.17. Jn. 3.29. e Jn. 15.13-15. 1Jn. 4.9,10,19. Ep. 5.2,25.

2¶^fI sleep, but my heart waketh: ^git is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying , ^hOpen to me, my sister, ⁱmy love, ^jmy dove, ^kmy undefiled: ^lfor my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

f Mat. 26.41. Ga. 5.17. Ro. 7.14-25. ch. 3.1. g ch. 2.8,10. Jn. 10.3,4. Ps. 85.8. Re. 3.20. h Pr. 8.4; 23.26. Ps. 24.7-10; 81.10. i ch. 1.15. j ch. 2.14. k ch. 6.9. l Is. 52.14; 53.2-10. Ps. 95.8. Mat. 23.37.

3I have ^mput off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet; how shall I defile them?

m Lu. 11.7. Ro. 7.23. Pr. 21.25; 13.4.

4My ⁿbeloved put in his hand by the hole of the door , and my ^*bowels were moved ²for him.

n Ps. 110.3; 84.2. Is. 26.8,9. Ac. 16.14.

5I ^orose up to open to my beloved; ^pand my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with ³sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.

o Ps. 42.1; 63.1,2. p Je. 15.16. Phi. 2.12,13.

6^qI opened to my beloved; ^rbut my beloved had withdrawn himself, and was gone: ^smy soul failed when he spake: ^tI sought him, but I could not find him; I called him, but he gave me no answer.

q Ps. 24.7,9; 16.2; 119.94. Is. 44.5. r Ps. 30.7. Is. 45.15. Ho. 5.15. s v.2,4. Ps. 77.3. Mat. 26.75. t ch. 3.1-3. Ps. 22.1,2; 28.1; 80.4. La. 3.8.

7^uThe 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.

u Ps. 141.5. Ho. 6.5. Je. 18.18. Ac. 20.29. Is. 56.10,11. 2Co. 11.13. ch. 3.3.

8^vI charge you, ^wO daughters of Jerusalem, if ye find my beloved, ⁴that ye tell him, that ^xI am sick of love.

v ch. 2.7; 8.4. Ro. 15.30. Ep. 6.19. w ch. 1.5. x ch. 2.5.

9¶^yWhat is thy beloved more than another beloved, ^zO thou fairest among women? what is thy beloved more than another beloved, that thou dost so charge us?

y Mat. 8.27; 21.10. Is. 63.1. z ch. 1.8,15; 4.1,7,10; 6.1,9,10. Ps. 45.13.

10^aMy beloved is white and ruddy, ⁵the chiefest among ten thousand.

a ch. 2.1; 1.16. Jn. 1.14. Ro. 9.5. He. 7.26; 2.10. Ep. 1.21. Lu. 24.26. Phi. 2.6-11.

11His ^bhead is as the most fine gold, ^chis locks are ⁶bushy, and black as a raven.

b Ac. 7.2. Tit. 2.13. Mat. 28.18. Da. 2.41; 7.14. Ps. 19.10; 45.6. c Ro. 11.33. 1Ti. 3.16. Re. 1.14. He. 13.8.

12His ^deyes are as the eyes of doves by the rivers of waters, washed with milk, ⁷and fitly set.

d ch. 1.15; 4.1. Re. 1.14. 2Ch. 16.9. Ps. 119.132; 5.5. He. 4.13.

13His ^echeeks are as a bed of spices, as ⁸sweet flowers: ^fhis lips like lilies, dropping sweet smelling myrrh.

e Ps. 27.4. Ep. 5.2. Jn. 1.14. ch. 6.2. f Ps. 45.2. Is. 50.4. Lu. 4.22. Je. 15.16. ch. 2.1.

14His ^ghands are as gold rings set with the ^hberyl: ⁱhis belly is as bright ivory overlaid with ^jsapphires.

g Is. 52.13. Mat. 28.18. h Eze. 1.16. Ex. 28.20. i Ho. 11.8. Lu. 1.78. He. 2.17,18. Mi. 7.18. j Ex. 24.10.

15His ^klegs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of fine gold: ^lhis countenance is as Lebanon, excellent as the cedars.

k Ps. 25.10. Mi. 5.2. l Re. 1.14-16. 1Ti. 3.16. Is. 9.6,7. Zec. 9.17. ch. 4.8.

16^mHis ⁹mouth is most sweet: ⁿyea, he is altogether lovely. ^oThis is my beloved, and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem.

m ch. 1.2. Ps. 19.10; 119.103. Je. 15.16. Job 23.12. n ch. 1.16; 2.1,3. Phi. 3.7-10. Is. 9.6,7. o ch. 2.16; 6.3. Jn. 20.28. Ga. 2.20.