remember that "much serving" is cumbering and is not needful. Let those who are too

apt to do all the "sitting" remember that of Mary it is written, "Mary also sat", then all

will share "that good part" which received the blessing of the Lord.

Do you know what it is for the cares and perplexities of this life to intrude into the

hours of rest, and drive sleep from tired eyes and aching head? Insomnia may not always

take its rise from broken nerves or deranged stomach. There is sometimes a spiritual

Psalms 3: and 4: deals with a period in David's life that was one of sore distress.

Absalom, his son, had risen in rebellion against his own father, and David who in earlier

years had been hunted by Saul is now obliged to flee from his own flesh and blood. A

cause there for anxiety and lack of sleep! Psalm 3: speaks of the increase of those that

trouble him, that many had risen up against him, many sought to break down his faith by

"Selah" seems to stand at the end of a line and say, "You hear that? well now look at

this". What does the Selah introduce? Let us look at it again.

Again another Selah. What follows this time?

David slept, and slept safely, for he awaked conscious that the Lord had indeed been

his shield.

In Psalm 4: we seem to advance in confidence. Then not only does David sleep, but

he sleeps in peace and he falls asleep at once (verse 8). The adverb translated "both" is

rendered "at once" in Isa. 42: 14, and is so rendered here by many expositors. In spite

of all the natural causes for anxiety and wakefulness David could say:--