# General Information:

After speaking about God, Asaph speaks to God in verse 4 and then returns to speaking about God.

# You held my eyes open

"I said to God, 'You held my eyes open.'"

# held my eyes open

Open eyes is a metonym for being unable to sleep. Alternate translation: "kept me from sleeping" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])