⁵ I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

⁸ I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

² It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.

¹² The sleep of a labouring man is sweet, whether he eat little or much: but the abundance of the rich will not suffer him to sleep.