Charles Ellicott Commentary Proverbs 23:35

"They have stricken me, [shalt thou say], and I was not hurt; They have beaten me, and I felt it not: When shall I awake? I will seek it yet again." — Proverbs 23:35 (ASV)

They have stricken me, and I was not sick.— The drunken man feels no blows or ill-treatment.

When shall I awake? —He longs to rouse himself from his slumber that he may return to his debauch.