The plea look and answer me, O Lord my God; lighten my eyes lest I sleep the sleep of death invokes divine attention and assistance before the situation becomes irreversible. The mention of eyes suggests both literal weakness from weeping and spiritual blindness brought on by despair. The threat of sleeping the sleep of death suggests that depression may lead to actual death or to the state of Sheol where God's presence becomes unavailable. This verse articulates urgency: the speaker needs immediate divine response to prevent spiritual death.

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