OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 2

Song of Solomon 5:2

I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:

“Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;

for my head is filled with dew,

and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

Song of Solomon 5:2 in context

Song of Solomon 5:1–5

I have 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, friends!

Drink, yes, drink abundantly, beloved.

Selected verse

I was asleep, but my heart was awake.

It is the voice of my beloved who knocks:

“Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled;

for my head is filled with dew,

and my hair with the dampness of the night.”

I have taken off my robe. Indeed, must I put it on?

I have washed my feet. Indeed, must I soil them?

My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening.

My heart pounded for him.

I rose up to open for my beloved.

My hands dripped with myrrh,

my fingers with liquid myrrh,

on the handles of the lock.

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