Psalms 77:4

Thou heldest open the lids of mine eyes:

I was perplexed, and could not speak.

The word rendered wakingin A.V., watchingin R.V., probably means the guardsor lidsof the eyes. The general sense is clear. In his agony of sorrow he was sleepless and speechless: it was God who withheld sleep from his eyes. He was -troubled," perplexed and agitated (Genesis 41:8; Daniel 2:3) by the riddle of Israel's present rejection and humiliation, and in this perplexity he pondered (Psalms 77:5) on the glorious record of God's mercies to His people in the days of old.