Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep. This is an ironical imitation of what the sluggard says when called on (Proverbs 6:9) to awake out of sleep. There is a descending gradation from deep "sleep" to "slumber," and from this to 'folding the hands' over the breast, the attitude of one composing himself to sleep.