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I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved thatc knocketh, saying, Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my undefiled: for my head is filled with dew, and my locks with the drops of the night.

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Rev. 3:20• ²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and am knocking; if any one hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)

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sleep.

Song of Sol. 3:1• ¹On my bed, in the nights, I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (Song of Sol. 3:1)

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Song of Sol. 7:9• ⁹And the roof of thy mouth like the best wine, … That goeth down smoothly for my beloved, And stealeth over the lips of them that are asleep. (Song of Sol. 7:9)

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Dan. 8:18• ¹⁸Now, as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep stupor, with my face toward the ground. And he touched me, and set me up where I had stood. (Dan. 8:18)

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Zech. 4:1• ¹And the angel that talked with me came again, and waked me, as a man that is wakened out of his sleep. (Zech. 4:1)

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Matt. 25:4‑5• ⁴but the prudent took oil in their vessels with their torches.
⁵Now the bridegroom tarrying, they all grew heavy and slept. (Matt. 25:4‑5)

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Matt. 26:40‑41• ⁴⁰And he comes to the disciples and finds them sleeping, and says to Peter, Thus ye have not been able to watch one hour with me?
⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is ready, but the flesh weak. (Matt. 26:40‑41)

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Luke 9:32• ³²But Peter and those with him were oppressed with sleep: but having fully awoke up they saw his glory, and the two men who stood with him. (Luke 9:32)

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Eph. 5:14• ¹⁴Wherefore he says, Wake up, thou that sleepest, and arise up from among the dead, and the Christ shall shine upon thee. (Eph. 5:14)

the voice.

Song of Sol. 2:8,10• ⁸The voice of my beloved! Behold, he cometh Leaping upon the mountains, Skipping upon the hills.
¹⁰My beloved spake and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. (Song of Sol. 2:8,10)

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John 10:4• ⁴When he has put forth all his own, he goes before them, and the sheep follow him, because they know his voice. (John 10:4)

knocketh.

Rev. 3:20• ²⁰Behold, I stand at the door and am knocking; if any one hear my voice and open the door, I will come in unto him and sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)

Open.

Psa. 24:7‑10• ⁷Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
⁸Who is this King of glory? Jehovah strong and mighty, Jehovah mighty in battle.
⁹Lift up your heads, ye gates; yea, lift up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
¹⁰Who is he, this King of glory? Jehovah of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah. (Psa. 24:7‑10)

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Psa. 81:10• ¹⁰I am Jehovah thy God, that brought thee up out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (Psa. 81:10)

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Prov. 23:26• ²⁶My son, give me thy heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26)

my dove.

Song of Sol. 2:14• ¹⁴My dove, in the clefts of the rock, In the covert of the precipice, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely. (Song of Sol. 2:14)

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Song of Sol. 6:9• ⁹My dove, mine undefiled, is but one; She is the only one of her mother, She is the choice one of her that bore her. The daughters saw her, and they called her blessed; The queens and the concubines, and they praised her. (Song of Sol. 6:9)

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Psa. 119:1• ¹ALEPH. Blessed are the perfect in the way, who walk in the law of Jehovah. (Psa. 119:1)

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Rev. 3:4• ⁴But thou hast a few names in Sardis which have not defiled their garments, and they shall walk with me in white, because they are worthy. (Rev. 3:4)

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Rev. 14:4• ⁴These are they who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins: these are they who follow the Lamb wheresoever it goes. These have been bought from men as first-fruits to God and to the Lamb: (Rev. 14:4)

my head.

Song of Sol. 8:7• ⁷Many waters cannot quench love, Neither do the floods drown it: Even if a man gave all the substance of his house for love, It would utterly be contemned. (Song of Sol. 8:7)

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Gen. 29:20• ²⁰And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they were in his eyes as single days, because he loved her. (Gen. 29:20)

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Gen. 31:40‑41• ⁴⁰Thus it was with me: in the day the heat consumed me, and the frost by night; and my sleep fled from mine eyes.
⁴¹I have been these twenty years in thy house: I have served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times. (Gen. 31:40‑41)

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Isa. 50:6• ⁶I gave my back to smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting. (Isa. 50:6)

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Isa. 52:14• ¹⁴As many were astonished at thee--his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the children of men (Isa. 52:14)

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Isa. 53:3‑5• ³He is despised and left alone of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief, and like one from whom men hide their faces;--despised, and we esteemed him not.
⁴Surely *he* hath borne our griefs and carried our sorrows; and we, we did regard him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.
⁵But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed. (Isa. 53:3‑5)

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Matt. 8:17• ¹⁷so that that should be fulfilled which was spoken through Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities and bore our diseases. (Matt. 8:17)

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Matt. 25:35‑45• ³⁵for I hungered, and ye gave me to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in;
³⁶naked, and ye clothed me; I was ill, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye came to me.
³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, and nourished thee; or thirsting, and gave thee to drink?
³⁸and when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in; or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹and when saw we thee ill, or in prison, and came to thee?
⁴⁰And the King answering shall say to them, Verily, I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have done it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it to me.
⁴¹Then shall he say also to those on the left, Go from me, cursed, into eternal fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴²for I hungered, and ye gave me not to eat; I thirsted, and ye gave me not to drink;
⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; ill, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.
⁴⁴Then shall *they* also answer saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungering, or thirsting, or a stranger, or naked, or ill, or in prison, and have not ministered to thee?
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye have not done it to one of these least, neither have ye done it to me. (Matt. 25:35‑45)

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Mark 1:35• ³⁵And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)

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Luke 6:12• ¹²And it came to pass in those days that he went out into the mountain to pray, and he spent the night in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)

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Luke 22:44• ⁴⁴And being in conflict he prayed more intently. And his sweat became as great drops of blood, falling down upon the earth. (Luke 22:44)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of the Christ constrains us, having judged this: that one died for all, then all have died;
¹⁵and he died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who died for them and has been raised. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Gal. 2:20• ²⁰I am crucified with Christ, and no longer live, *I*, but Christ lives in me; but in that I now live in flesh, I live by faith, the faith of the Son of God, who has loved me and given himself for me. (Gal. 2:20)

• We turn again to ourselves as soon as we are comforted by the testimony of the Lord’s love. (“Song of Solomon 5” by J.N. Darby)

• The Restoration of Love (5:2-6:12) (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• The Bride (Vs. 2). "I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that knocketh, saying," (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• The Bridegroom. (Vs. 2). “Open to Me My sister, My love, My dove, Mine undefiled; For My head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.” (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• In the night of the Bridegroom's absence the love of the bride has waned, and she seeks her ease in her own home. How soon she passes from feasting in His presence to sleeping in His absence. In earlier times her love had weakened, but this was a more serious decline; before, she had rested in her home, now she sleeps. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• Too much of Christ to enjoy the world and too much of the world to enjoy Christ. Sleeping but restless, describes the condition of such. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• But the love of the Bridegroom never varies. The bride may sleep, but love gives Him no rest until He has awakened her slumbering affections. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• "Open to Me," express the longing of His heart to fill her heart. He lavishes upon her every term of endearment, "My sister, My love, My dove, Mine undefiled." He could have said, "Thy King, thy Friend, thy Beloved," but love takes another way more calculated to reach her heart. He reminds her of all that she is in His sight. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

• He speaks of His sufferings on her behalf. He has faced the night, the cold, the darkness, and the dew, to awaken her love. (“Canticle 4: The Restoration of Love” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I slept, but my heart was awake. The voice of my beloved! he knocketh: Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, mine undefiled; For my head is filled with dew, My locks with the drops of the night.