Geneva Bible Notes Reformed @genevanotes

I rose up to open to my beloved; and my hands flowed [with] myrrh, and my fingers [with] sweet smelling myrrh, upon the handles of the lock. (e) The spouse who should be anointed by Christ will not find him if she thinks to anoint him with her good works.

Keil & Delitzsch Lutheran @keilanddelitzsch

Sol 5:5 5 I arose to open to my beloved, And my hands dropped with myrrh, And my fingers with liquid myrrh, On the handle of the bolt. The personal pron. אני stands without emphasis before the verb which already contains it; the common language of the people delights in such particularity. The Book of Hosea, the Ephraimite prophet’s work, is marked by such a style.