Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.

New American Standard Bible

In peace I will both lie down and sleep,
For You alone, O Lord, make me to dwell in safety.

King James Version

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell 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!

Devotionals

Devotionals about Psalm 4:8

References

Hastings

Images Psalm 4:8

Context Readings

A Night Prayer

7 You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and new wine abound.
8 I will both lie down and sleep in peace,
for You alone, Lord, make me live in safety.


Cross References

Psalm 3:5

I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.

Leviticus 25:18-19

“You are to keep My statutes and ordinances and carefully observe them, so that you may live securely in the land.

Leviticus 26:5

Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have plenty of food to eat and live securely in your land.

Deuteronomy 12:10

When you cross the Jordan and live in the land the Lord your God is giving you to inherit, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you live in security,

Psalm 16:8-9

I keep the Lord in mind always.
Because He is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.

Proverbs 3:24

When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
you will lie down, and your sleep will be pleasant.

Deuteronomy 33:27-29

The God of old is your dwelling place,
and underneath are the everlasting arms.
He drives out the enemy before you
and commands, “Destroy!”

Job 11:18-19

You will be confident, because there is hope.
You will look carefully about and lie down in safety.

Ezekiel 34:25

“I will make a covenant of peace with them and eliminate dangerous animals in the land, so that they may live securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.

Hosea 2:18

On that day I will make a covenant for them
with the wild animals, the birds of the sky,
and the creatures that crawl on the ground.
I will shatter bow, sword,
and weapons of war in the land
and will enable the people to rest securely.

Romans 8:35-39

Who can separate us from the love of Christ?
Can affliction or anguish or persecution
or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, concerning those who are asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 5:10

who died for us, so that whether we are awake or asleep, we will live together with Him.

Revelation 14:13

Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write: The dead who die in the Lord from now on are blessed.”

“Yes,” says the Spirit, “let them rest from their labors, for their works follow them!”

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