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Atomic Bible
Song of Songs 5:7
I encountered the watchmen on their rounds of the city.
from The Bride, Song of Songs 5:2-8
What it says

The watchmen find her, strike her, and take away her cloak.

What it is doing

This verse intensifies the pain of her search.

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,