Consider and answer me, O Lord my God! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
Psalm 76:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The courageous were stripped of their spoil; they sank into sleep; none of the troops was able to lift a hand. More versionsKing 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! Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep the sleep of death,
“Then the Assyrian shall fall by a sword not of mortals, and a sword not of humans shall devour him; he shall flee from the sword, and his young men shall be put to forced labor.
Then the angel of the Lord set out and struck down one hundred eighty-five thousand in the camp of the Assyrians; when morning dawned, they were all dead bodies.
When they are inflamed, I will set out their drink and make them drunk, until they become merry and then sleep a perpetual sleep and never wake, says the Lord.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven, for all his works are truth, and his ways are justice; he is able to bring low those who walk in pride.
Your shepherds are asleep, O king of Assyria; your nobles slumber. Your people are scattered on the mountains with no one to gather them.