Psalm 3:5
“I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 3Meaning
The verse follows answered prayer and precedes renewed courage. Sleep is not denial of the surrounding danger; it is evidence that the threatened person was preserved while unable to guard himself.
Sustained sleep and courage amid encirclement
Turns ordinary sleep and awakening into testimony of sustaining care and grounds courage before a surrounding multitude.
Read carefully
The verse recounts David’s experience of sustaining care; it does not condemn people whose bodies remain distressed.
Reflection
Receive rest and waking as gifts rather than achievements, and seek appropriate pastoral or clinical help when insomnia or trauma persists.