Holy Scripture
Song of Solomon 5:4
A church father on this verse
“She is now awakened from sleep by him, although she was keeping watch with her heart so that she might hear his voice at once when he knocked. But while she was rising, she experienced a delay, because she could not match the swiftness of the Word. While she was opening the door, the Word passed by. She went out at hi…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
4My kinsman put forth his hand by the hole of the door, And my belly was moved for him.
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In context
2I sleep, but my heart is awake: The voice of my kinsman knocks at the door, saying, Open, open to me, my companion, my sister, My dove, my perfect one: For my head is filled with dew, And my locks with the drops of the night.
3I have put off my coat; how shall I put it on? I have washed my feet, how shall I defile them?
— Song of Solomon 5:4 —
5I rose up to open to my kinsman; My hands dropped myrrh, My fingers choice myrrh, On the handles of the lock.
6I opened to my kinsman; My kinsman was gone: My soul failed at his speech: I sought him, but found him not; I called him, but he answered me not.