## Look at me and answer me ##

AT: "Give me your attention and listen to me,"

## Enlighten my eyes ##

This is a way of asking for strength. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

## or I will sleep in death ##

To "sleep in death" means "to die." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

## when I am brought down ##

AT: "when I fall" or "when I lose."

## me, my, I, him ##

David is referring to himself as he speaks to God.