Song of Songs 5:4
My beloved put his hand to the latch;
What it says
When the beloved reaches toward the latch, her heart is stirred for him.
What it is doing
This verse marks desire awakened too late.
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,