Insomnia

Psalm 132:4-5 (KJV) 4 I will not give sleep to mine eyes, or slumber to mine eyelids, 5 Until I find out a place for the LORD, an habitation for the mighty God of Jacob.

(Proverbs 15 also read)

I must say David went a long time without sleeping if we take this literally.  People who do take this literally assume that David is talking about the building of the temple.  David himself may have been speaking of the temple, but was using hyperbole.  I would say that David himself knew that he was speaking figuratively and not literally .

Later, God will tell David that he is not going to be able to build the temple because he has shed blood.  He’s assured that his son will do so.  That’s enough for him to know that the job is going to be done.  At that time he probably forgot writing this psalm.

Of course, with the full scripture in front of us and contemplating everything it says about the temple, we began to realize that the church and believers will become the temple of God.  We read Revelation and see that there will be no temple in the New Jerusalem because God will be the temple there.

So?  Look for the promises and the joy in verses that use hyperbole and other forms of figurative language.  God is even more creative than we are.  I assume that extends to His ability to write