Psalms 4:8
6 Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.
7 You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
- KJV
- I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
- WEB
- In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.
- ASV
- In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety. Psalm 5 For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.
- DARBY
- In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
- BLB
- In peace I will both lie down and will sleep, for You alone, O YHWH, cause me to dwell in safety.
- ÅB
- Jeg vil legge meg fredelig ned for å sove;
for du, Herre, lar meg bo i trygghet. - OTB
- Jeg vil legge meg ned og sove i fred,
For du alene, Herre, gir meg trygghet. - B1930
- I fred vil jeg både legge mig ned og sove inn; for du, Herre, lar mig bo for mig selv, i trygghet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 3:24
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Read in contextPsalms 3:5
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Read in contextJob 11:18–19
You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Read in contextPsalms 16:8–9
I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 12:10
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
Read in contextLeviticus 25:18–19
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
Read in contextRevelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
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