Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
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.
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 gladness in my heart more than {when} their grain and their wine abound. 8 In peace I will lie down and sleep {at once}, for you alone, O Yahweh, make me dwell safely.
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
Leviticus 25:18-19
" 'And you shall do my statutes, and you must keep my regulations, and you shall do them, so that you shall live {securely} on the land.
Leviticus 26:5
And for you [the] threshing season shall overtake [the] grape harvest, and the grape harvest shall overtake [the] sowing, and you shall eat your food {to your fill} and you shall live {securely} in your land.
Deuteronomy 12:10
But you will cross the Jordan, and you will settle in the land that Yahweh your God [is] giving you as an inheritance, and he will give rest to you from all your enemies from all around, and you will live securely,
Psalm 16:8-9
I have set Yahweh before me always. Because [he is] at my right hand I will not be shaken.
Proverbs 3:24
If you sit down, you will not panic, and [if] you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.
Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The God of {ancient time} [is] a hiding place, and underneath [are] [the] arms of eternity, and he drove out {from before} you your enemy, and he said, 'Destroy [them]!'
Job 11:18-19
And you will have confidence because there is hope; and you will be well protected--{you will sleep in safety}.
Ezekiel 34:25
And I will make them a covenant of peace, and I will put an end to wild animals from the land, and they will dwell in the desert {safely}, and they will sleep in the forest.
Hosea 2:18
I will make a covenant for them on that day, with the animals of the field, with the birds of the heaven, and [with] the creeping things of the ground; [the] bow, [the] sword, and [the] war I will abolish from the land, and I will let them lie down in safety.
Romans 8:35-39
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? [Will] affliction or distress or persecution or hunger or lack of sufficient clothing or danger or the sword?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
Now we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve as also 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 at the same time with him.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write: 'Blessed [are] the dead who die in the Lord from now on!'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "in order that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow after them."