By night on my bed I sought Him whom my soul loveth, she contemplated ways and means of finding Him whom she had apparently lost; I sought Him, but I found Him not, the Lord's visitation of grace had seemingly come to an end.
CHAPTER III _The bride mentions the absence of her spouse, her search after_ _him, and her ultimate success_, 1-5. _A description of the bridegroom, his bed, chariot, c._, 6-11. NOTES ON CHAP. III...
BY NIGHT - i. e., In the night-hours....
CHAPTER 3 The scene changes. The bride is now alone and in the darkness of the night. She is seeking her Beloved and is unable to find Him. Her heart is filled with the same love she exhibits in the p...
A DREAM OF LOVE. The adjuration Song of Solomon 3:5 (_cf._ Song of Solomon 2:7) may have been added to adapt the passionate poem to the wedding week, in which there was much noisy revelling. For anoth...
_By night_ Lit. IN THE NIGHTS. In Psalms 16:7 the same phrase is translated "in the night seasons," and some understand it here of the night hours. But in none of the few passages in which the plural...
Song of Solomon 3:1-5. A Dream Almost all commentators agree that we have here a dream narrated to some persons, in which the Shulammite seems to herself to have sought her lover in the city and fail...
DISCOURSE: 850 PERSEVERANCE CROWNED WITH SUCCESS Song of Solomon 3:1. By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in...
TEXT 3:1-5 c. Relation of a Dream, Song of Solomon 3:1-4 d. Adjuration to Court Ladies, Song of Solomon 3:5 (second) 1. On my bed night after night I sought him whom my soul loves; I sought him...
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. Song of Solomon 3:1 BY NIGHT - literally, 'By nights.' Continuation of the losing for the dawn of Messiah ()....
NIGHT THOUGHTS AND AN INTERLUDE 1-4. There is a charming lightness of touch and quickness of movement in the story she tells, and it is all the more interesting for our having to supply the prosaic c...
After Solomon proposed to the young woman (2:12), she sent him away (2:17). Soon, she is sorry about her decision. She cannot sleep. She hopes that he will return to her. But she is afraid that she ma...
A WONDERFUL SONG ABOUT LOVE SONG OF SONGS _MARK KIRKPATRICK_ CHAPTER 3 THE WOMAN V1 At night, when I was on my bed, I looked for my man. He is the man that my heart loves....
III. (1) A reminiscence (elaborated in Song of Solomon 5:2 _seq._) of the intensity of their love before their union, put by the poet into his lady’s mouth. She “arises from dreams” of him, and goes...
עַל ־מִשְׁכָּבִי֙ בַּ † לֵּילֹ֔ות בִּקַּ֕שְׁתִּי אֵ֥ת...
TRUE LOVE TESTED SONG OF SOLOMON 1:1; Song of Solomon 2:1; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of So
B. The Betrothal (Song of Solomon 2:8; Song of Solomon 3:1; Song of Solomon 4:1; Song of Solomon
By (a) night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. (a) The Church by night, that is, in troubles, seeks Christ, but is not incontinently heard....
_Bed. The Church, finding Christ by his own revelation, and not by philosophy, holds him fast. (Worthington) --- He had delayed coming at the usual hour, to give us to understand, that he is not found...
CONTENTS The church is here in a season of sharp exercises: seeking, but not immediately finding her Lord. She relates the conflicts she sustained in her pursuit and enquiry after Jesus. Having at le...
In chapter 3 we have another attitude, another state of heart. She is alone and in darkness. She seeks her Beloved, but finds Him not. There is affection, but no joy. She questions the watchmen in Jer...
BY NIGHT ON MY BED I SOUGHT HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH,.... The day being not yet broke, the night of Jewish darkness still on the church, and the shadow of the ceremonial law as yet stretched upon her;...
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. Ver. 1. _By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth._] She had not a name good enough for him, she the...
_By night on my bed_ When others compose themselves to sleep, my affections were working toward him. _I sought him_ I sought for Christ's gracious and powerful presence. _I sought him_ This repetition...
1-5 It was hard to the Old Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law; the watchmen of that church gave little assistance to those who sought after him. The night is a time of coldness, da...
SONG OF SOLOMON CHAPTER 3 The church seeking Christ, SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1. Her great joy; she findeth him, SONG OF SOLOMON 3:4. Her charge to the daughters of Jerusalem not to awake her Beloved,...
Song of Solomon 3:1 night H3915 bed H4904 sought H1245 (H8765) love H5315 H157 (H8804) sought H1245 ...
THE YOUNG MAIDEN DREAMS THAT SHE HAS LOST HER BELOVED (SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1). THE YOUNG MAIDEN'S FIRST NIGHTMARE. Song of Solomon 3:1 ‘By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves, I sought hi...
3:1. _By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not._ Sometimes, the most eager search does not at once obtain its end. For wise reasons, Christ sometimes hid...
Song of Solomon 3:1. _By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek h...
CONTENTS: The Bride seeking the favor of the Bridegroom. She calls upon all to admire Him. CHARACTERS: Solomon, Bride (Christ, Church). CONCLUSION: Those who are truly of the Bride, will evince the...
Song of Solomon 3:7. _Behold his bed, which is Solomon's;_ the palace where he sleeps, and where so many treasures of gold and works of art are preserved. _Threescore valiant men are about it._ His bo...
_I sought Him, but I found Him not._ HIDINGS OF GOD Prophetically these verses may be taken as delineating the sorrow of the first disciples at the departure of Christ from the earth. Between Easter...
SONG OF SOLOMON—NOTE ON SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1 The Shepherdess Dreams. The woman reports her dream, which comes from her eager anticipation of the consummation of their love. That this is a dream is sugg...
The Missing One Found Chapter 3 Song of Solomon 3:1 PROBABLY A DREAM RELATED BY SHULAMITE TO THE DAUGHTERS OF JERUSALEM By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth; I sought him, but I found...
EXPOSITION SONG OF SOLOMON 3:1 BY NIGHT ON MY BED I SOUGHT HIM WHOM MY SOUL LOVETH: I SOUGHT HIM, BUT I FOUND HIM NOT. The bride is probably relating a dream. The time referred to is the close of the...
By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not. I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I...
1 Peter 1:8; Isaiah 26:9; Isaiah 55:6; Job 23:8; Job 23:9;...
By night — When others compose themselves to sleep, my affections were working towards him. I sought — I sought for Christ's gracious and powerful presence. I sought — This repetition denotes her pers...