Psalms 3:5
I, laid me down and slept,—I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
In Context
4With my voice—unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.]
6I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:6And I will give peace in the land, And ye shall lie down, and nothing shall make you afraid; And I will take away vicious beasts out of the land; And, the sword, shall not go through your land.
Psalms 4:8In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
Psalms 66:9Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.
Proverbs 3:24When thou sittest down, thou shalt have no dread, yea thou shalt lie down, and sweet shall be thy sleep.
Proverbs 18:10A tower of strength, is the Name of Yahweh, thereinto, runneth the righteous, and is safe.
Acts 12:6And, when Herod was about to bring him forth, on that night, was Peter sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, guards, also, before the door, were keeping 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 →