Lord, my God, look upon me and enlighten my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death, which is influenced by the sleep of the nations of the world."
"Lest my enemy say, 'I have prevailed over him,' lest my foes rejoice because I have stumbled." The Lord said to David, "In what moment are you saying these things?" David replied, "I trust in Your mercy, as it is written in Psalm 13:6, 'But I trust in Your kindness; my heart will rejoice in Your deliverance.' The same kindness that is spoken of in Psalm 33:5, 'The Lord's kindness fills the earth,' and in Psalm 119:116, 'Sustain me as You promised, that I may live; do not disappoint me in my hope.' Another matter, I trust in Your mercy through the Torah, as it says in Proverbs 31:26, 'She opens her mouth with wisdom, and a lesson of kindness is on her tongue.' Let my heart rejoice in Your salvation." Rabbi Abbahu said, "This is one of the difficult verses, as the salvation of the Lord is the salvation of Israel. 'Let my heart rejoice in Your salvation' is written, not 'in our salvation.' David said, 'Your salvation is our salvation.'" Another matter, I trust in Your mercy even in Babylon. Let my heart rejoice in Your salvation in Media. "I will sing to the Lord for He has been good to me," as He has dealt graciously with me in Edom. Another matter, He said to Israel, "Pay me back for what I have done for you in this world, and I will repay you in the world to come. I told you to pour water before Me during the holiday, and I have preceded you, as it is written in Numbers 21:17, 'Then Israel sang this song: 'Spring up, O well! Sing to it!' And I will repay you, as it is written in Joel 4:18, 'And in that day the mountains shall drip with sweet wine.' I told you to take a palm branch and praise Me, and I have preceded you, as it is written in Psalm 114:6, 'The mountains skipped like rams, the hills like sheep.' And I will repay you in the future, as it is written in Isaiah 55:12, 'For you shall go out in joy, and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills shall burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.' I told you to make a sukkah for Me, and I have preceded you, as it is written in Leviticus 23:43, 'So that your generations may know that I made the Israelite people live in sukkot when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.' And I will repay you in the future, as it is written in Isaiah 4:6, 'And there shall be a pavilion for shade by day from the heat, and for refuge and shelter from storm and rain.' 'Who has preceded Me, that I should pay him back?' I will sing to the Lord, for He has been good to me."