Song of Solomon 5:1-2

The Torment of Separation

1 "I have ¹come into my garden, ²my sister, my bride; I have gathered my ³myrrh along with my balsam. I have eaten my honeycomb and my ⁴honey; I have ⁵drunk my wine and my milk. Eat, ⁶friends; Drink and imbibe deeply, O lovers."

2 "I was asleep but my heart was awake. A voice! My beloved was knocking: 'Open to me, ⁷my sister, my darling, ⁸My dove, my perfect one! For my head is drenched with dew, My ⁹locks with the damp of the night.'

Song of Solomon 5:1-2 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 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, So 5:1; 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, So 5:2-6; what treatment she met with from the watchmen; her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem; and the questions they asked about her beloved, So 5:7-9; which put her upon giving a large description of him, by each of his parts, head, hair So 5:10-15; And the chapter is concluded with a general commendation of him and his loveliness, and a claim of interest in So 5:16.

Cross References

• 1. Song of Songs 6:2
• 2. Song of Songs 4:9
• 3. Song of Songs 1:13; Song of Songs 4:14
• 4. Song of Songs 4:11
• 5. Proverbs 9:5; Isaiah 55:1
• 6. Judges 14:11, 20; John 3:29
• 7. Song of Songs 4:9
• 8. Song of Songs 2:14; Song of Songs 6:9
• 9. Song of Songs 5:11

Footnotes

• [a] BRIDEGROOM
• [b] Lit "with"
• [c] Lit "with"
• [d] Or "become drunk"
• [e] BRIDE
• [f] Lit "filled"
• [g] Lit "drops"