By night on my bed I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
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Interpretation
It was hard to the Old Testament church to find Christ in the ceremonial law; the watchmen of that church gave little assistance to those who sought after him. The night is a time of coldness, darkness, and drowsiness, and of dim apprehensions concerning spiritual things.
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This thought runs through Song of Solomon 3:1-5.