Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
For You alone, O Lord, make me to
King James Version
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Holman Bible
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.
International Standard Version
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm
A Conservative Version
In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.
American Standard Version
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.
Amplified
In peace [and with a tranquil heart] I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety and confident trust.
Bible in Basic English
I will take my rest on my bed in peace, because you only, Lord, keep me safe.
Darby Translation
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safety.
Julia Smith Translation
In peace together shall I lie down, and I shall sleep: for thou Jehovah alone wilt cause me to dwell confidently.
King James 2000
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for you, LORD, only make me dwell in safety.
Lexham Expanded Bible
In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
Modern King James verseion
I will lie down, both in peace and in sleep. For You alone, Jehovah, make me dwell in safety.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I will lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, LORD, only that makest me dwell in safety.
NET Bible
I will lie down and sleep peacefully, for you, Lord, make me safe and secure.
New Heart English Bible
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, the LORD alone, make me live in safety.
The Emphasized Bible
In peace, will I lay me down and at once sleep; for, thou, Yahweh alone, wilt cause me, in security, to dwell.
Webster
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep; for thou only, LORD, makest me dwell in safety.
World English Bible
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.
Youngs Literal Translation
In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!
Themes
Peace » General references to spiritual
spiritual Peace » Saints » Repose in
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 4:8
Images Psalm 4:8
Prayers for Psalm 4:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Night Prayer
7
You have put more joy in my heart than they have when their grain and wine abound.
8
For You alone, O Lord, make me to
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.
Leviticus 25:18-19
"Therefore you shall do my statutes and keep my rules and perform them, and then you will dwell in the land securely.
Leviticus 26:5
Your threshing shall last to the time of the grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall last to the time for sowing. And you shall eat your bread to the full and dwell in your land securely.
Deuteronomy 12:10
But when you go over the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to inherit, and when he gives you rest from all your enemies around, so that you live in safety,
Psalm 16:8-9
I have set the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.
Proverbs 3:24
If you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be sweet.
Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy before you and said, Destroy.
Job 11:18-19
And you will feel secure, because there is hope; you will look around and take your rest in security.
Ezekiel 34:25
"I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild beasts from the land, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Hosea 2:18
And I will make for them a covenant on that day with the beasts of the field, the birds of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground. And I will abolish the bow, the sword, and war from the land, and I will make you lie down in safety.
Romans 8:35-39
Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.""Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!"