Psalms 4:8
I will + 4:8 Or. at the same time. both lie down in peace and sleep: for you, Lord, only have caused me to dwell securely.
LXX2012 (US English)
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
Cross References
Leviticus 25:18And you⌃ shall keep all my ordinances, and all my judgments; and do you⌃ observe them, and you⌃ shall keep them, and dwell securely in the land.
Deuteronomy 12:10And you⌃ shall go over Jordan, and shall dwell in the land, which the Lord our God takes as an inheritance for you; and he shall give you rest from all your enemies round about, and you⌃ shall dwell safely.
Job 11:18And you shall be confident, because you have hope; and peace shall dawn to you from out of anxiety and care.
Psalms 16:8Keep me as the apple of the eye from those that resist your right hand: you shall screen me by the covering of your wings, 1
Proverbs 3:24For if you + 3:24 Gr. sit down. rest, you shall be undismayed; and if you sleep, you shall slumber sweetly.
Ezekiel 34:25And I will make with David a covenant of peace and I will utterly destroy evil beasts from off the land; and they shall dwell in the wilderness, and sleep 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 →