Psalms 4:8
By the fruit of their corn, their wine and oil, they are multiplied.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 thy countenance O Lord, is signed upon us: thou hast given gladness in my heart.
9In peace in the selfsame I will sleep, and I will rest:
Cross References
Leviticus 25:18Do my precepts, and keep my judgments, and fulfil them: that you may dwell in the land without any fear,
Deuteronomy 12:10You shall pass over the Jordan, and shall dwell in the land which the Lord your God will give you, that you may have rest from all enemies round about: and may dwell without any fear,
Job 11:18And thou shalt have confidence, hope being set before thee, and being buried thou shalt sleep secure.
Psalms 16:8I set the Lord always in my sight: for he is at my right hand, that I be not moved.
Proverbs 3:24If thou sleep, thou shalt not fear: thou shalt rest, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make a covenant of peace with them, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they that dwell in the wilderness shall sleep secure 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 →