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Song of Sol. 5:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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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 knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)

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sleep.

Song of Sol. 3:1• ¹By night on my bed 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 for my beloved, that goeth down sweetly, causing the lips of those that are asleep to speak. (Song of Sol. 7:9)

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Dan. 8:18• ¹⁸Now as he was speaking with me, I was in a deep sleep on my face toward the ground: but he touched me, and set me upright. (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 wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
⁵While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. (Matt. 25:4‑5)

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Matt. 26:40‑41• ⁴⁰And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
⁴¹Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak. (Matt. 26:40‑41)

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Luke 9:32• ³²But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. (Luke 9:32)

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Eph. 5:14• ¹⁴Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light. (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• ⁴And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. (John 10:4)

knocketh.

Rev. 3:20• ²⁰Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Rev. 3:20)

Open.

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

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Psa. 81:10• ¹⁰I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee 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 thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways. (Prov. 23:26)

my dove.

Song of Sol. 2:14• ¹⁴O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, 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, my undefiled is but one; she is the only one of her mother, she is the choice one of her that bare her. The daughters saw her, and blessed her; yea, 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 undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord. (Psa. 119:1)

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Rev. 3:4• ⁴Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy. (Rev. 3:4)

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Rev. 14:4• ⁴These are they which were not defiled with women; for they are virgins. These are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth. These were redeemed from among men, being the firstfruits unto God and to the Lamb. (Rev. 14:4)

my head.

Song of Sol. 8:7• ⁷Many waters cannot quench love, neither can the floods drown it: if a man would give 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 seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her. (Gen. 29:20)

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

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Isa. 50:6• ⁶I gave my back to the 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 astonied at thee; his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men: (Isa. 52:14)

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Isa. 53:3‑5• ³He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.
⁴Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem 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• ¹⁷That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses. (Matt. 8:17)

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Matt. 25:35‑45• ³⁵For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
³⁶Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
³⁷Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?
³⁸When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?
³⁹Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
⁴⁰And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
⁴¹Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
⁴²For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink:
⁴³I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
⁴⁴Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
⁴⁵Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. (Matt. 25:35‑45)

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Mark 1:35• ³⁵And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary 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 a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. (Luke 6:12)

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Luke 22:44• ⁴⁴And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44)

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2 Cor. 5:14‑15• ¹⁴For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:
¹⁵And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again. (2 Cor. 5:14‑15)

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Gal. 2:20• ²⁰I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave 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.