I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands dropped with myrrh, and my fingers with sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock.
We have the Church here recovered from her sleep, and the sweet effects of grace moving in her heart towards Christ, are set forth in the charming figures of hands dropping, and fingers smelling with the fragrancy of myrrh; by which we are to understand that faith and love were in lively exercise to receive Christ, and to manifest her sense of his goodness and her unworthiness. Myrrh in scripture is frequently made use of to resemble grace. Thus the grace of Jesus to his people is set forth: Song of Solomon 1:13; Psalms 45:8.