Psalms 4:8
By the fruit of their grain, wine, and oil, they have been multiplied.
Catholic Public Domain 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
7The light of your countenance, Lord, has been sealed upon us. You have given joy to my heart.
9In peace itself, I will sleep and I will rest.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:18Accomplish my precepts, and observe my judgments, and complete them, so that you may be able to live in the land without any fear,
Deuteronomy 12:10You shall cross over the Jordan, and you shall live in the land which the Lord your God will give to you, so that you may have rest from all the surrounding enemies, and so that you may live without any fear,
Job 11:18And, when hope has been set before you, you will have faith, and, when buried, you will sleep secure.
Psalms 16:8From those who resist your right hand, preserve me like the pupil of your eye. Protect me under the shadow of your wings,
Proverbs 3:24When you slumber, you shall not fear. When you rest, your sleep also will be sweet.
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make a covenant of peace with them. And I will cause the very harmful beasts to cease from the land. And those who are living in the desert will sleep securely in the forests.
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 →