Psalms 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Majority Standard Bible
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
7You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
Cross References
Leviticus 25:18You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
Deuteronomy 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Proverbs 3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
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 →