Psalms 3:5
I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
In Context
4With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.
6I will not fear for myriads of the people that have set themselves against me round about.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid; and I will put away the evil beasts out of the land; and the sword shall not go through your land.
Psalms 4:8In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
Psalms 66:9Who hath set our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
Proverbs 3:24when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Proverbs 18:10The name of Jehovah is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
Acts 12:6And when Herod was going to bring him forth, that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards before the door kept the prison.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:5-8
Confidence in God. 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me. 6 I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about. 7 Arise, O Lord ; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly. 8 Salvation belongeth unto the Lord : thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah. David, having stirred up himself… Read the whole commentary →