Psalms 118:28

Verse 28. Slumbered. Ενυσταξεν, for which Origen, thinking it a mistake of copyists, substituted εσταξεν, “has melted,” ( Calmet.) or “distilled,” (Aquila, and so forth Heracleot.) as more conformable to the original, though the sense is much the same. Loss of blood often causes people to slumber. Bert.—S. Hil. would not abandon the Septuagint Calmet.—Heaviness, being such anxiety, as to be almost distracted. Worthington.—Chal. “has been in an agony.” Sleep is often put for death. Calmet.—My soul perishes through grief. Houbig.—Hence the three apostles slept. Lu. 22. Bible.—Ακηδια, or torpor of mind, hinders the persecution of any business. Menochius.