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| 1 [[To the Chief Musician. A Melody of David.]] How long, O Yahweh, wilt thou wholly forget me? How long wilt thou hide thy face from me? |
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| 2 How long shall I lay up cares within my soul, sorrow in my heart, day by day? How long shall mine enemy lift himself up over me?
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| 3 Have regard! answer me O Yahweh my God,–Light up mine eyes, lest I sleep on into 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
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| 4 Lest mine enemy say, I have prevailed over him! and, mine adversaries, exult, that I totter. |
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| 5 But, I, in thy lovingkindness, have put my trust, My heart shall exult in thy salvation: |
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| 6 I will sing to Yahweh, for he hath dealt beautifully with me. |
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