When you are disturbed, do not sin;
ponder it on your beds, and be silent.
Tremble, quake, rage, but do not choose the wrong way;
While laying in bed silently consider your intention, purposes, and place.
There is a possible subtext -- related to the kind of silence -- of pondering the source of agitation from the perspective of death.
When our life is nearly completed, what will be worth anger?
The psalm concludes: "I will both lie down and sleep in peace; for you alone, O Lord, make me lie down in safety."
Psalm 4
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