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Psalms 4:8

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— In peace I will both lie down and sleep, For You alone, O LORD, make me to dwell in safety.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— In peace will I both lay me down and sleep: for thou, LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— In peace in the selfsame I will sleep, and I will rest: For thou, O Lord, singularly hast settled me in hope.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I will lay mee downe, and also sleepe in peace: for thou, Lord, onely makest me dwell in safetie.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I will both lay mee downe in peace, and sleepe: for thou LORD only makest me dwell in safetie.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— In peace I will both lie down and sleep; for thou, O LORD, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I will both lie down in peace and sleep: for thou, Lord, only hast caused me to dwell securely.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Yahweh, only makest me dwell in safety.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
I will both 3162
{3162} Prime
יַחַד
yachad
{yakh'-ad}
From H3161; properly a unit, that is, (adverbially) unitedly.
lay me down 7901
{7901} Prime
שָׁכַב
shakab
{shaw-kab'}
A primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
in peace, 7965
{7965} Prime
שָׁלוֹם
shalowm
{shaw-lome'}
From H7999; safe, that is, (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, that is, health, prosperity, peace.
and sleep: 3462
{3462} Prime
יָשֵׁן
yashen
{yaw-shane'}
A primitive root; properly to be slack or languid, that is, (by implication) sleep (figuratively to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
for x3588
(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}
A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.
thou, x859
(0859) Complement
אַתָּה
'attah
{at-taw'}
A primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you.
Yähwè יָהוֶה, 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
only 910
{0910} Prime
בָּדָד
badad
{baw-dawd'}
From H0909; separate; adverbially separately.
makest me dwell 3427
{3427} Prime
יָשַׁב
yashab
{yaw-shab'}
A primitive root; properly to sit down (specifically as judge, in ambush, in quiet); by implication to dwell, to remain; causatively to settle, to marry.
z8686
<8686> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046
in safety. 983
{0983} Prime
בֶּטַח
betach
{beh'-takh}
From H0982; properly a place of refuge; abstractly safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverbially with or without preposition) safely.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Psalms 4:8

_ _ both lay me down, etc. — or, will lie down at once, and sleep in sure confidence and quiet repose (Psalms 3:5).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 4:6-8.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 4:8

In peace — In tranquility of mind, resting securely upon God's promises.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 4:8

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, (l) only makest me dwell in safety.

(l) This word in Hebrew may be referred to God, as it is here translated, or to David, signifying that he should dwell as joyfully alone, as if he had many about him, because the Lord is with him.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
I will:

Psalms 3:5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Psalms 16:8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Job 11:18-19 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig [about thee, and] thou shalt take thy rest in safety. ... Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make [thee] afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
Proverbs 3:24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. ... For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
1 Thessalonians 5:10 Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.

for:

Leviticus 25:18-19 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. ... And the land shall yield her fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
Leviticus 26:5 And your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing time: and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
Deuteronomy 12:10 But [when] ye go over Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and [when] he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Deuteronomy 33:27-29 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them]. ... Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
Hosea 2:18 And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, and will make them to lie down safely.
Romans 8:35-39 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? [shall] tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? ... Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Lv 25:18; 26:5. Dt 12:10; 33:27. Jb 11:18. Ps 3:5; 16:8. Pv 3:24. Ezk 34:25. Ho 2:18. Ro 8:35. 1Th 4:13; 5:10. Rv 14:13.

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