Psalm 12:4-5
Enlighten my eyes, that I never sleep in death; lest at any time my enemy say: I have prevailed against him.
Haydock
Verse 4. Death, by mortal sin, (W.) or through excessive sorrow. Jer. li. 39. Shew me thy favour, (C.) and I shall be secure. Sleep is represented as nearly related to death. Iliad xiv.