Psalm 4:8 “I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwe…”

Psalm 4:8

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.

World English Bible

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me live in safety.

American Standard Version

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Geneva Bible 1599

I will lay mee downe, and also sleepe in peace: for thou, Lord, onely makest me dwell in safetie.

Darby Translation

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.

Young's Literal Translation

In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!

Bible in Basic English

I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.

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Cross references

“I will”

Proverbs 3:24 Psalm 3:5 1 Thessalonians 5:10 Revelation 14:13 Psalm 16:8 Job 11:18

Proverbs 3:24 · BSB

When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

Psalm 3:5 · BSB

I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

1 Thessalonians 5:10 · BSB

He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

Revelation 14:13 · BSB

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.”

Psalm 16:8 · BSB

I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

Job 11:18 · BSB

You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.

“for”

Deuteronomy 12:10 Hosea 2:18 Leviticus 26:5 Deuteronomy 33:27–29 Romans 8:35–39 Ezekiel 34:25

Deuteronomy 12:10 · BSB

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,

Hosea 2:18 · BSB

On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and battle in the land, and will make them li…

Leviticus 26:5 · BSB

Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.

Deuteronomy 33:27–29 · BSB

The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’

Romans 8:35–39 · BSB

Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

Ezekiel 34:25 · BSB

I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

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