Song of Solomon 5:6-8

6 "I opened to my beloved, But my beloved had ¹turned away and had gone! My heart went out to him as he ²spoke. I ³searched for him but I did not find him; I ⁴called him but he did not answer me.

7 "The ⁵watchmen who make the rounds in the city found me, They struck me and wounded me; The guardsmen of the walls took away my shawl from me.

8 "I ⁶adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, If you find my beloved, As to what you will tell him: For ⁷I am lovesick *."

Song of Solomon 5:6-8 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 6:1
• 2. Song of Songs 5:2
• 3. Song of Songs 3:1
• 4. Proverbs 1:28
• 5. Song of Songs 3:3
• 6. Song of Songs 2:7; Song of Songs 3:5
• 7. Song of Songs 2:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "soul"