Song of Songs 5:3
I have taken off my robe —
What it says
She hesitates because she has undressed and washed for the night.
What it is doing
This verse reveals the small delay that opens into loss.
In context
2I sleep, but my heart is awake. 3I have taken off my robe — 4My beloved put his hand to the latch; 5I rose up to open for my beloved. 6I opened for my beloved, 7I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city. 8O daughters of Jerusalem, I adjure you,