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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 have lain down and slept;{HR}I have 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 have lain down and slept;{HR}I have awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. (Psa. 3:5)
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Psa. 16:8• 8I have set Jehovah before me always;{HR}Because [he is] at my right hand,{HR}I shall not be moved. (Psa. 16:8)
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Job 11:18‑19• 18And thou shalt trust, because there is hope,{HR}And thou shalt search, thou shalt rest securely,
 19And thou shalt lie down, and none shall cause trembling,{HR}And many shall caress thy face. (Job 11:18‑19)
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Prov. 3:24• 24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid,{HR}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 would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning those that fall asleep; that ye be not grieved even as the rest also that have no hope.
 14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also those put to sleep through Jesus will God bring with him. (1 Thess. 4:13‑14)
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1 Thess. 5:10• 10who died for us, that, whether we wake 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 {i}are{/i} the dead that die in {i}the{/i} Lord henceforth. Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their toils; for their works follow with them. (Rev. 14:13)
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Lev. 25:18‑19• 18Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety.
 19And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety. (Lev. 25:18‑19)
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Lev. 26:5• 5and your treading out 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• 10{i}But 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,{/i} (Deut. 12:10)
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Deut. 33:27‑29• 27The God of ages is a refuge,{HR}And underneath the everlasting arms;{HR}And he shall drive away the enemy from thy presence,{HR}And say, Destroy!
 28Israel dwelleth in safety,{HR}The fountain of Jacob on a land of corn and new wine;{HR}His heavens also drop down dew.
 29Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on 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 the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. (Ezek. 34:25)
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Hos. 2:18• 18And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground; and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle I will break and remove out of the earth; and 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 anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
 36according as it is written, “For thy sake are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”
 37But in all these things we more than overcome by him that 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 that [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.

W. Kelly Translation

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In peace I will both lie down and sleep,{HR}For thou alone, O Jehovah, causest me to dwell safely.