Song of Solomon 3:1-4

Maiden’s Dream (?): Seeking and Finding

1 On my bed in the night, I sought him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

2 Now I will arise, and I will go about in the city, in the streets and in the squares; I will seek him whom my {heart} loves. I sought him, but I did not find him.

3 The sentinels who go about in the city found me. "Have you seen the one whom my {heart} loves?"

4 {Scarcely had I passed} by them when I found him whom my {heart} loves. I held him and I would not let him go until I brought him to the house of my mother, into the bedroom chamber of she who conceived me.

Song of Solomon 3:1-4 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "I seek"
• [b]. Literally "soul"
• [c]. Literally "soul"
• [d]. Literally "soul"
• [e]. Literally "As little that I passed"
• [f]. Literally "soul"