Song of Solomon 5:2 - Scofield Reference Notes

Bible Comments

sleep

The bride is satisfied with her washed feet while the Bridegroom, His "head filled with dew," and His "locks with the drops of night," is toiling for others. See (Luke 6:12); (Luke 14:21-23). The state of the bride is not one of sin, but of neglect of service. She is preoccupied with the graces and perfections which she has in Christ through the Spirit; (1 Corinthians 12:4-11); (Galatians 5:22); (Galatians 5:23). It is mysticism, unbalanced by the activities of the Christian warfare. Her feet are washed, her hands drop with sweet smelling myrrh; but He has gone on, and now she must seek Him.

Compare (Luke 2:44); (Luke 2:45).

Song of Solomon 5:2

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.