Psalms 4:8
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
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“I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.”
King James Version · Public Domain“In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“In peace together I lie down and sleep, For Thou, O Jehovah, alone, In confidence dost cause me to dwell!”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 4:8 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 25:18You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
- Leviticus 26:5Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land.
- Deuteronomy 12:10When you cross the Jordan and live in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and He gives you rest from all the enemies around you and you dwell securely,
- Deuteronomy 33:27The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
- Job 11:18You will be secure, because there is hope, and you will look around and lie down in safety.
- Psalms 3:5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
- Psalms 16:8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Proverbs 3:24When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
- Isaiah 9:2The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of the shadow of death, a light has dawned.
- Ezekiel 34:25I will make with them a covenant of peace and rid the land of wild animals, so that they may dwell securely in the wilderness and sleep in the forest.
- Hosea 2:18On that day I will make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the creatures that crawl on the ground. And I will abolish bow and sword and weapons of war in the land, and will make them lie down in safety.
- Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
- 1 Thessalonians 4:13Brothers, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who are without hope.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- Revelation 14:13And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors, for their deeds will follow them.”
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