The Song of Solomon
Chapter 5
¹ I come to my garden, my sister, my bride: I gather my myrrh with my spice, I eat my honeycomb with my honey, I drink my wine with my milk. Eat, friends, drink, and be drunk with love.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 1)
Oh God, my beloved Father, I thank You for Your generosity. You are offering us Your love which has no boundaries or limits. I pray that You help me in being faithful to Your unfailing love. I wish to take You upon Your offer, however, I am still in the flesh and this hinders me from living totally according to Your will, however only You can save me from the drives of this body of sin Amen. You are able to change those senses and urges that lead to causing me to sin, to drives and urges that help me to live a more positive and holy life Amen.
² I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 2)
Oh God, my Father, sisters and brothers my God and Father is knocking on the doors of my heart and mind and even on yours. Will I let him wait for a reply and let Him be drenched by the drops of the dew of the night.
No! I will open up my heart to You my God and Father! Please come in and take Your place of honour and never leave my presence! However, in doing so the world will be angry at me, for it also craves for Your presence and it would be selfish of me to want You to be totally mine! Therefore I pray for even a drop of Your presence my God and Father Amen. May You always be with me Amen. I thank You for listening to my prayers.
³ I had put off my garment: how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 3)
Oh my loving Father, you undressed me of my old ways, You showed me my weak points and areas of sin and weakness, in truth why do I go back to my old self. I do not want to soil my feet or put on the old and dirty garments of the past, which You have washed in Your blood for my salvation. I pray that You save me every day of my life from becoming dirty and soiled. Thank You, my God and Father, Amen
⁴ My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 4)
Oh God, my beloved Father Your spirit yearns to have shared with my soul as in intercourse, my spirit is thirsty for You. Every time I listen to Your Word being proclaimed I am stimulated as in when two lovers have intimate physical contact. Your Word means everything to me, even though I do not always obey it and live exactly according to it. There are moments when I feel Your prompting to act like feelings of penetration, and during such moments I experience You in an intimate way, especially when I sense that somebody is saying something against You, or when somebody is in trouble or being treated unfairly. I cannot resist You during such moments and remain passive, even if this means making enemies among friends and family. Who can resist You or Your Holy Spirit my God and Father? Nobody.
⁵ I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 5)
Oh God my Father, I would like to have an intimate relationship with You such as that of lovers who give themselves freely to each other and explore each other on all levels of desires and gratification, my soul yearns to be with You or to hear Your direct voice and make a direct experience of You again. I am waiting for Your directions oh God my Father, I pray that our lives become enmeshed together to a point of no separation Amen, however, only You can make this intimate relationship possible Amen.
⁶ I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he gave no answer.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 6)
Oh God, my Father if the relationship between us becomes unhealthy or for the wrong intentions, if we reach the conclusion that we are better than others and become proud we may try to relate with You without experiencing Your presence. I, therefore, pray for humility Amen.
⁷ Making their rounds in the city the sentinels found me; they beat me, they wounded me, they took away my mantle, those sentinels of the walls.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 7)
Oh God my Father, the sentinels of this world are also trying to catch me and harm me. By criticizing me destructively and ignoring me they are trying to wound me, however, You are my avenge. You protect me before my enemies oh God my Father Amen.
⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem if you find my beloved tell him this: I am faint with love.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 8)
Oh, unknown bride kindly be informed that I also quench His love and am faint in love for Him so much that I cannot live without Him. Amen. However, His love for me is far greater than my love for Him Amen.
⁹ What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved that you thus adjure us?
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 9)
My beloved is You my God and Father, and You are special, You are the best, there is none like You Amen and most of all because He is my dearly beloved Amen.
¹⁰ My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 10)
Oh God, my Father I agree that You are radiant among others. Your very presence reflects love and healing, so much that the forces of evil cannot withstand Your presence and are forced to leave. You are kind and disciplined but also merciful. I love You, my God and Father, there is none like You.
¹¹ His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as raven, ¹² His eyes are like doves beside springs of waters, bathed in milk, fitly set.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verses 11 to 12)
Oh God, my Father in You no darkness can ever be found, so much that You and all Your being is radiant and glowing with beauty and glory Amen. You are omnipresent meaning that nothing is hidden from Your sight since You can be everywhere at any given time Amen. Thanks, Jesus.
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God my Father how nice it is to follow in Your ways. They are fragrant but at times like myrrh, they are challenging. At times as a human, I do not live according to Your sweet ways. I pray for Your sweet presence to guide me all the days of my life.
¹⁴ His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels, His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God, Your arms are strong and embracing, always ready to welcome and love sinners such as me. I thank You for being strong when I am weak Amen.
¹⁵ His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 15)
Oh God, my Father, You are strong and determined. You can never accept a wrong as being a right.
¹⁶ His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 16)
Oh, friends, brothers and sisters throughout the world this is my friend and Father, about whom we are reflecting. This is God our Father, who is also my and your friend if we permit Him to be so Amen.
I would like to end this reflection on the fifth chapter of the Song of Solomon with the following prayer:-
Oh my God and Father how sweet thou art. Even though at times it is not easy to understand what You are asking of me I still thank You for being my God and Father. I pray that You keep the world under Your protective wing for we cannot exist without You Amen.
² I slept, but my heart was awake. Listen! my beloved is knocking. "Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one; for my head is wet with dew, my locks with the drops of the night."
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 2)
Oh God, my Father, sisters and brothers my God and Father is knocking on the doors of my heart and mind and even on yours. Will I let him wait for a reply and let Him be drenched by the drops of the dew of the night.
No! I will open up my heart to You my God and Father! Please come in and take Your place of honour and never leave my presence! However, in doing so the world will be angry at me, for it also craves for Your presence and it would be selfish of me to want You to be totally mine! Therefore I pray for even a drop of Your presence my God and Father Amen. May You always be with me Amen. I thank You for listening to my prayers.
³ I had put off my garment: how could I put it on again? I had bathed my feet; how could I soil them?
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 3)
Oh my loving Father, you undressed me of my old ways, You showed me my weak points and areas of sin and weakness, in truth why do I go back to my old self. I do not want to soil my feet or put on the old and dirty garments of the past, which You have washed in Your blood for my salvation. I pray that You save me every day of my life from becoming dirty and soiled. Thank You, my God and Father, Amen
⁴ My beloved thrust his hand into the opening, and my inmost being yearned for him.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 4)
Oh God, my beloved Father Your spirit yearns to have shared with my soul as in intercourse, my spirit is thirsty for You. Every time I listen to Your Word being proclaimed I am stimulated as in when two lovers have intimate physical contact. Your Word means everything to me, even though I do not always obey it and live exactly according to it. There are moments when I feel Your prompting to act like feelings of penetration, and during such moments I experience You in an intimate way, especially when I sense that somebody is saying something against You, or when somebody is in trouble or being treated unfairly. I cannot resist You during such moments and remain passive, even if this means making enemies among friends and family. Who can resist You or Your Holy Spirit my God and Father? Nobody.
⁵ I arose to open to my beloved, and my hands dripped with myrrh, my fingers with liquid myrrh upon the handles of the bolt.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 5)
Oh God my Father, I would like to have an intimate relationship with You such as that of lovers who give themselves freely to each other and explore each other on all levels of desires and gratification, my soul yearns to be with You or to hear Your direct voice and make a direct experience of You again. I am waiting for Your directions oh God my Father, I pray that our lives become enmeshed together to a point of no separation Amen, however, only You can make this intimate relationship possible Amen.
⁶ I opened to my beloved, but my beloved had turned and was gone. My soul failed me when he spoke. I sought him, but did not find him; I called him, but he gave no answer.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 6)
Oh God, my Father if the relationship between us becomes unhealthy or for the wrong intentions, if we reach the conclusion that we are better than others and become proud we may try to relate with You without experiencing Your presence. I, therefore, pray for humility Amen.
⁷ Making their rounds in the city the sentinels found me; they beat me, they wounded me, they took away my mantle, those sentinels of the walls.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 7)
Oh God my Father, the sentinels of this world are also trying to catch me and harm me. By criticizing me destructively and ignoring me they are trying to wound me, however, You are my avenge. You protect me before my enemies oh God my Father Amen.
⁸ I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem if you find my beloved tell him this: I am faint with love.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 8)
Oh, unknown bride kindly be informed that I also quench His love and am faint in love for Him so much that I cannot live without Him. Amen. However, His love for me is far greater than my love for Him Amen.
⁹ What is your beloved more than another beloved, O fairest among women? What is your beloved more than another beloved that you thus adjure us?
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 9)
My beloved is You my God and Father, and You are special, You are the best, there is none like You Amen and most of all because He is my dearly beloved Amen.
¹⁰ My beloved is all radiant and ruddy, distinguished among ten thousand.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 10)
Oh God, my Father I agree that You are radiant among others. Your very presence reflects love and healing, so much that the forces of evil cannot withstand Your presence and are forced to leave. You are kind and disciplined but also merciful. I love You, my God and Father, there is none like You.
¹¹ His head is the finest gold; his locks are wavy, black as raven, ¹² His eyes are like doves beside springs of waters, bathed in milk, fitly set.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verses 11 to 12)
Oh God, my Father in You no darkness can ever be found, so much that You and all Your being is radiant and glowing with beauty and glory Amen. You are omnipresent meaning that nothing is hidden from Your sight since You can be everywhere at any given time Amen. Thanks, Jesus.
¹³ His cheeks are like beds of spices, yielding fragrance. His lips are lilies, distilling liquid myrrh.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 13)
Oh God my Father how nice it is to follow in Your ways. They are fragrant but at times like myrrh, they are challenging. At times as a human, I do not live according to Your sweet ways. I pray for Your sweet presence to guide me all the days of my life.
¹⁴ His arms are rounded gold, set with jewels, His body is ivory work, encrusted with sapphires.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 14)
Oh God, Your arms are strong and embracing, always ready to welcome and love sinners such as me. I thank You for being strong when I am weak Amen.
¹⁵ His legs are alabaster columns, set upon bases of gold. His appearance is like Lebanon, choice as the cedars.
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 15)
Oh God, my Father, You are strong and determined. You can never accept a wrong as being a right.
¹⁶ His speech is most sweet, and he is altogether desirable. This is my beloved and this is my friend, O daughters of Jerusalem
(The Song of Solomon Chapter 5 verse 16)
Oh, friends, brothers and sisters throughout the world this is my friend and Father, about whom we are reflecting. This is God our Father, who is also my and your friend if we permit Him to be so Amen.
I would like to end this reflection on the fifth chapter of the Song of Solomon with the following prayer:-
Oh my God and Father how sweet thou art. Even though at times it is not easy to understand what You are asking of me I still thank You for being my God and Father. I pray that You keep the world under Your protective wing for we cannot exist without You Amen.
