Song of Songs 3:1

“On my bed I sought Him by night, I sought Him, and I found Him not.” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1; John xx. 1.

“I called, and there was none to answer;” and He Himself is sought by the bride who mourns with tears: “I sought on my bed by night Him whom my soul loved: I sought Him and found Him not; I called Him, and He gave me no answer.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1.

“Therefore, as you lie on your couch, say again and again: “By night have I sought Him whom my soul loveth.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1.

“Let the sound of the clarion arouse your soul, let the divine love carry you out of yourself; and then seek upon your bed him whom your soul loveth, and boldly say: “I sleep, but my heart waketh.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1.

“Then would I find him “whom my soul loveth.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1.

“Tell me where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon;” and with the psalmist: “my soul followeth hard after thee: thy right hand upholdeth me;” and with Jeremiah: “I have not found it hard.…to follow thee,” for “there is no grief in Jacob neither is there travail in Israel.”” — editor's note: Cant. iii. 1; i. 7.