Song of Solomon 5:2-4

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She Speaks

²I am asleep,
    but my heart is awake.
I hear my lover knocking, saying,
    “Open to me, my darling, my love,
    my dove, my perfect one!
My head is soaked with dew.
    My hair is wet with the mist of the night.”

³“I have taken off my robe.^[a]
I don’t want to put it on again.
I have washed my feet.
I don’t want to get them dirty again.”

⁴But my lover put his hand through the opening,^[b]
and I felt sorry for him.^[c]

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Footnotes

Song of Solomon 5:3 robe Or “veil,” a piece of cloth used to cover a person’s face. Also in verse 7.
Song of Solomon 5:4 put … opening Or “pulled his hand from the opening.” In one sense, this might refer to a lock and key. Some ancient keys were shaped like a hand. The key was inserted through a hole in the door, and the “fingers” fit into special holes that allowed the bolt to slide, locking and unlocking the door.
Song of Solomon 5:4 I felt sorry for him Literally, “My insides stirred for him.”