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 will put gladness (joy) in my heart. It will be more than when their grain and new wine abound.
8
For You alone, O Lord, make me to
Cross References
Psalm 3:5
I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because Jehovah continues to sustain me.
Leviticus 25:18-19
You must observe my statutes and keep my judgments, so as to carry them out. That way you may live securely on the land.
Leviticus 26:5
Your crops will be so plentiful that you will still be harvesting grain when it is time to pick grapes. You will still be picking grapes when it is time to plant grain. You will have all you want to eat and you will live in safety in your land.
Deuteronomy 12:10
When you cross the Jordan and live in the land Jehovah your God gives you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you so that you live in security.
Psalm 16:8-9
I always keep Jehovah in front of me. When he is at my right hand (assisting me), I cannot be moved.
Proverbs 3:24
When you lie down you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
Deuteronomy 33:27-29
The eternal God is a dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy from before you, and said: 'Destroy!'
Job 11:18-19
You will be secure because there is hope. You will look about you and take your rest in safety.
Ezekiel 34:25
I will promise them peace. I will remove the wild animals from the land so that my sheep can live safely in the wilderness and sleep in the woods.
Hosea 2:18
At that time I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
Romans 8:35-39
Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
1 Thessalonians 4:13-14
I do not want you to be ignorant brothers, concerning those who are asleep (in death). You do not need to sorrow like others who have no hope.
1 Thessalonians 5:10
He died for us, that, whether we are awake in this life or sleep in death, we should live together with him.
Revelation 14:13
Then I heard a voice from heaven say: Write: Blessed are the dead who die in union with the Lord from this time forward: Yes, says the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works follow them.