a yawning gulf sundered them, the rich man was still able to see Lazarus dwelling in peace, and the contrast drove him to acknowledge his own deserts. A further possible interpretation is that by death the Psalmist signifies sin committed in defiance of the divine law. Thus we call the sting of death, death, in so far as it leads to death, for the sting of death is sin.19 This death consists in ignoring God and despising His law and precepts; thus the Psalmist terms hell that blindness which descends