Short is the night of death.

Psalm 3:5 “I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.”

But deeper truth sounds in these words. Jesus calmly falls asleep. The new-made grave receives Him to its bed. On the third day He casts off sleep. He appears and testifies, God did not leave My soul in hell,, nor suffer His Holy One to see corruption. So, too, believers fall asleep in Him. Short is the night of death. Soon shall they awake and shout, “O grave! where is thy victory? O death! where is thy sting?”

Henry Law, Daily Prayer and Praise: The Book of Psalms Arranged for Private and Family Use, 14.