Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
Psalm 76:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI) The stouthearted were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; all the men of war were unable to use their hands. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The stouthearted are spoiled, they have slept their sleep: And none of the men of might have found their hands. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The stouthearted are stripped of their spoil, they have slept the sleep [of death]; and none of the men of might could raise their hands. American Standard Version (1901) The stouthearted are made a spoil, They have slept their sleep; And none of the men of might have found their hands. Common English Bible The bravehearted lie plundered. They sank into deep lethargy. All the strong troops couldn’t even lift their hands! Catholic Public Domain Version My eyes anticipated the vigils. I was disturbed, and I did not speak. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version My eyes prevented the watches: I was troubled, and I spoke not. |
Consider and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten my eyes, lest I sleep the sleep of death;
“And the Assyrian shall fall by a sword, not of man; and a sword, not of man, shall devour him; and he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
And the angel of the Lord went forth, and slew a hundred and eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; and when men arose early in the morning, behold, these were all dead bodies.
While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast and make them drunk, till they swoon away and sleep a perpetual sleep and not wake, says the Lord.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are right and his ways are just; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with none to gather them.