Song of Solomon 3:1-10

1 Restless in bed and sleepless through the night, I longed for my lover. I wanted him desperately. His absence was painful.

2 So I got up, went out and roved the city, hunting through streets and down alleys. I wanted my lover in the worst way! I looked high and low, and didn't find him.

3 And then the night watchmen found me as they patrolled the darkened city. "Have you seen my dear lost love?" I asked.

4 No sooner had I left them than I found him, found my dear lost love. I threw my arms around him and held him tight, wouldn't let him go until I had him home again, safe at home beside the fire.

5 Oh, let me warn you, sisters in Jerusalem, by the gazelles, yes, by all the wild deer: Don't excite love, don't stir it up, until the time is ripe - and you're ready.

6 What's this I see, approaching from the desert, raising clouds of dust, Filling the air with sweet smells and pungent aromatics?

7 Look! It's Solomon's carriage, carried and guarded by sixty soldiers, sixty of Israel's finest,

8 All of them armed to the teeth, trained for battle, ready for anything, anytime.

9 King Solomon once had a carriage built from fine-grained Lebanon cedar.

10 He had it framed with silver and roofed with gold. The cushions were covered with a purple fabric, the interior lined with tooled leather.

Song of Solomon 3:1-10 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SONG OF SOLOMON 3

In this chapter an account is given of an adventure of the church, in quest of her beloved; of the time when, and places where, and the persons of whom she sought him; and of her success upon the whole; with a charge she give to the daughters of Jerusalem, So 3:1-5; by whom she is commended, So 3:6; and then Christ, her beloved, is described by her; by his bed, and the guard about it, So 3:7,8; by the chariot he rode in, So 3:9,10; and by the crown he wore on his coronation day, So 3:11.