| Scripture |
Expanded Comments |
| 1 To the Overseer. A Psalm of David. |
|
| Till when, O Jehovah, Dost Thou forget me for ever Till when dost Thou hide Thy face from me |
|
| 2 Till when do I set counsels in my soul Sorrow inn my heart daily Till when is mine enemy exalted over me |
|
| 3 Look attentively; Answer me, O Jehovah, my God, Enlighten mine eyes, lest I sleep in death, |
The sleep of death – A condition of peaceful unconsciousness. HG726:4
Dr. Trench says of this word sleep, "The reality of death is not denied, but only the fact implicitly assumed that death will be followed by a resurrection, as sleep is followed by an awakening." R2617:5
Heaven is not a sleeping place, but a place of joyful activity and life. Neither could we imagine mankind as sleeping in a Catholic purgatory or a Protestant hell. R5060:1
|
| 4 Lest mine enemy say, 'I overcame him,' Mine adversaries joy when I am moved. |
|
| 5 And I, in Thy kindness I have trusted, Rejoice doth my heart in Thy salvation. |
|
| 6 I do sing to Jehovah, For He hath conferred benefits upon me! |
|