Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 3:1
A church father on this verse
“To what does this bed refer, upon which the church seeks the one whom its soul loves, if not to the bed of its heart in which wisdom rests, where it seeks our Lord and Savior through continuous meditation? If the bed is the secrecy of the heart, then what is the night in which the church sought the Lord but was unable…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
1By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he hearkened not to me.
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In context
— Song of Solomon 3:1 —
2I will rise now, and go about in the city, In the marketplaces, and in the streets, And I will seek him whom my soul loves: I sought him, but I found him not.
3The watchmen who go their rounds in the city found me. I said, Have ye seen him whom my soul loves?