Song of Solomon 5:2

I sleep, but my heart waketh: it is the voice of my beloved that 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.

I sleep, but my heart waketh ... (saying), Open to me. Sudden change of scene from evening to midnight, from a betrothal feast to cold repulse. He has gone from the feast alone: night is come. He knocks at the door of His espoused; she hears, but in sloth does not shake off half-conscious drowsiness: namely, the disciples' torpor (), 'the spirit willing the flesh weak' (cf. Romans 7:15). Not total sleep. The lamp was burning beside the slumbering wipe virgin, but wanted trimming (Matthew 25:5). It is His voice that rouses her (; ). Instead of bitter reproaches, He addresses her by the most endearing titles "my sister, my love," etc. Compare His thought of Peter after the denial ().

Dew - which falls heavily in summer nights in the East (see ). Dew - which falls heavily in summer nights in the East (see ).

Drops of the night - (; .) His death is not expressed, as unsuitable to the allegory, a song of love and joy. refers to the scene in the judgment hall of Caiaphas, when Jesus Christ employed the cock-crowing and look of love to awaken Peter's sleeping conscience, so that his "bowels were moved for" His Lord (); Song of Solomon 5:5, to the disciples with "myrrh," etc. (; ), seeking Jesus Christ in the tomb, but finding Him not, for He has "withdrawn Himself" (; ); , to the trials by "watchmen" extending through the whole night of His withdrawal - i:e., from Gethsemane to the resurrection. They took off the "veil" of Peter's disguise; also literally the linen cloth was taken from the young man, doubtless a disciple of Jesus (). refers to the sympathy of friends ().

Undefiled - not polluted by spiritual adultery (; ).