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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 5:6
I opened for my beloved,
from The Bride, Song of Songs 5:2-8
What it says

She opens, but the beloved has already turned away, and she cannot find him.

What it is doing

This verse turns expectation into grief and searching.

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,