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Psalm 4

Psa. 4:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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I willr both
yachad (Hebrew #3162)
properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly
KJV usage: alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-)together, withal.
Pronounce: yakh'-ad
Origin: from 3161
lay me down
shakab (Hebrew #7901)
to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
KJV usage: X at all, cast down, ((lover-))lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
Pronounce: shaw-kab'
Origin: a primitive root
in peace
shalowm (Hebrew #7965)
from 7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
KJV usage: X do, familiar, X fare, favour, + friend, X great, (good) health, (X perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (X all is, be) well, X wholly.
Pronounce: shaw-lome'
Origin: or shalom {shaw-lome'}
, and sleep
yashen (Hebrew #3462)
properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
KJV usage: old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
Pronounce: yaw-shane'
Origin: a primitive root
: for thou, Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, only
badad (Hebrew #910)
separate; adverb, separately
KJV usage: alone, desolate, only, solitary.
Pronounce: baw-dawd'
Origin: from 909
makest me dwell
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
in safety
betach (Hebrew #983)
properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
KJV usage: assurance, boldly, (without) care(- less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
Pronounce: beh'takh
Origin: from 982
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Psa. 3:5• 5I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)

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Ministry on This Verse

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I will.
Psa. 3:5• 5I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)
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Psa. 16:8• 8I have set Jehovah continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. (Psa. 16:8)
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Job 11:18‑19• 18And thou shalt have confidence, because there shall be hope; and having searched about thee, thou shalt take rest in safety.
 19Yea, thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; and many shall seek thy favour. (Job 11:18‑19)
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Prov. 3:24• 24when thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid, but thou shalt lie down and thy sleep shall be sweet. (Prov. 3:24)
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1 Thess. 4:13‑14• 13But we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them that are fallen asleep, to the end that ye be not grieved even as also the rest who have no hope.
 14For if we believe that Jesus has died and has risen again, so also God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep through Jesus. (1 Thess. 4:13‑14)
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1 Thess. 5:10• 10who has died for us, that whether we may be watching or sleep, we may live together with him. (1 Thess. 5:10)
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Rev. 14:13• 13And I heard a voice out of the heaven saying, Write, Blessed the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; for their works follow with them. (Rev. 14:13)
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Lev. 25:18‑19• 18And ye shall do my statutes, and observe mine ordinances and do them: thus shall ye dwell in your land securely.
 19And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat and be satisfied, and dwell therein securely. (Lev. 25:18‑19)
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Lev. 26:5• 5and your threshing shall reach unto the vintage, and the vintage shall reach unto the sowing-time; and ye shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land securely. (Lev. 26:5)
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Deut. 12:10• 10But when ye have gone over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and when he hath given you rest from all your enemies round about, and ye dwell in safety, (Deut. 12:10)
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Deut. 33:27‑29• 27Thy refuge is the God of old, And underneath are the eternal arms; And he shall drive out the enemy from before thee, And shall say, Destroy them!
 28And Israel shall dwell in safety alone, The fountain of Jacob, in a land of corn and new wine; Also his heavens shall drop down dew.
 29Happy art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. (Deut. 33:27‑29)
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Ezek. 34:25• 25And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell in safety in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. (Ezek. 34:25)
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Hos. 2:18• 18And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, and the creeping things of the ground; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land; and I will make them to lie down safely. (Hos. 2:18)
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Rom. 8:35‑39• 35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? tribulation or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36According as it is written, For thy sake we are put to death all the day long; we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
 37But in all these things we more than conquer through him that has loved us.
 38For I am persuaded that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,
 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Rom. 8:35‑39)
• The light of His countenance in trouble is altogether Himself, and gives the secret to the soul of His being for us. Hence he lays down in peace and sleeps—does not disquiet himself in anxious watchfulness against evil, for after all it is God only that secures him in joy or trouble. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 1-4” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for thou, Jehovah, alone makest me to dwell in safetyg.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "for thou, Jehovah, makest me [although] alone [yet] to dwell," etc.. see Deut. 33. 28.