Psalms 4:8
In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
In Context
7Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:18Therefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them, and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
Deuteronomy 12:10But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which LORD your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety,
Job 11:18And thou shall be secure, because there is hope. Yea, thou shall search [about thee], and shall take thy rest in safety.
Psalms 16:8I beheld (LXX/NT) LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Proverbs 3:24When thou lay down, thou shall not be afraid. Yea, thou shall lay down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land, and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 4:7-8
The Good Man's Desire. 6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord , lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord , only makest me dwell in safety. We have here, I. The foolish wish of worldly people: There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Who will make us to see good? What good they meant is intimated, v. 7 . It was the… Read the whole commentary →