"A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his Son.
Verse 5. David's faith enabled him to lie down; anxiety would certainly have kept him on
tiptoe, watching for an enemy. Yea, he was able to sleep, to sleep in the midst of trouble, surrounded by foes.
But David says he awaked also. Some sleep the sleep of death; but he, though exposed to many enemies, reclined his head on the bosom of his God, slept happily beneath the wing of Providence in sweet security, and then awoke in safety. "For the Lord sustained me."
Charles Spurgeon
I laid me down and slept;
I awaked;
for the LORD sustained me.
Psalm 3:5
Verse 5. David's faith enabled him to lie down; anxiety would certainly have kept him on
But David says he awaked also. Some sleep the sleep of death; but he, though exposed to many enemies, reclined his head on the bosom of his God, slept happily beneath the wing of Providence in sweet security, and then awoke in safety. "For the Lord sustained me."
Charles Spurgeon