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My beloved thrust his hand in through the latch opening. My heart pounded for him.
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ExplanationCommentary
Verse 4. Touch. Of me, (Cassiod.) or rather of the door or window. I was grieved that I had made him wait so long. Calmet.—Hebrew “were moved for him.” Prot. marg. “or (as some read) in me.” Pagnin prefers this; Septuagint and Mont. the former explanation of halaiv. Bible.—Grace moves us to begin and prosecute good works. Saint Gregory Nyssen. Theod.—Christ gives it more abundantly, to make the champions of the Church contend with adversity. Menochius.
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