Psalms 3:5
I layed me downe and slept, and rose vp againe: for the Lord susteined me.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
In Context
4I did call vnto the Lord with my voyce, and he heard me out of his holy mountaine. Selah.
6I will not be afrayde for ten thousand of the people, that should beset me round about.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:6And I will sende peace in the land, and ye shall sleepe and none shall make you afraid: also I will rid euill beastes out of the lande, and the sworde shall not go through your lande.
Psalms 4:8I will lay mee downe, and also sleepe in peace: for thou, Lord, onely makest me dwell in safetie.
Psalms 66:9Which holdeth our soules in life, and suffereth not our feete to slippe.
Proverbs 3:24If thou sleepest, thou shalt not bee afraide, and when thou sleepest, thy sleepe shalbe sweete.
Proverbs 18:10The Name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth vnto it, and is exalted.
Acts 12:6And when Herod woulde haue brought him out vnto the people, the same night slept Peter betweene two souldiers, bound with two chaines, and the keepers before the doore, 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 →