Psalms 4:8

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְלִבִּ֑י מֵעֵ֬ת דְּגָנָ֖ם וְתִֽירוֹשָׁ֣ם רָֽבּוּ׃

Transliteration

nātattāh śimḥāh in-libbî from-time dəgānām and-tîrôšām rābbû

Grammar Details

• *nātattāh*: verb Qal perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have put/given
• *śimḥāh*: noun feminine singular - joy/gladness
• *libbî*: noun masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix and prefixed preposition ב (in) - my heart
• from-time: preposition מִן with noun feminine singular construct עֵת - from the time of
• *dəgānām*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix - their grain
• *tîrôšām*: noun masculine singular with 3rd person masculine plural suffix and prefixed conjunction ו (and) - their new wine
• *rābbû*: verb Qal perfect 3rd person common plural - they increased

Word Meanings

• *nātattāh*: you have put/you have given/you have placed
• *śimḥāh*: joy/gladness/happiness/delight
• *libbî*: my heart/my mind/my inner self
• *dəgānām*: their grain/their corn/their harvest
• *tîrôšām*: their new wine/their wine harvest
• *rābbû*: they increased/they multiplied/they were abundant

Referenced Verses

• Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; For Jehovah sustaineth me.
• Lev 25:18-19 : 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep mine ordinances and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield its fruit, and ye shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
• Lev 26:5 : 5 And 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 safely.
• Deut 12:10 : 10 But when ye go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Jehovah your God causeth you to inherit, and he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
• Ps 16:8-9 : 8 I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth; My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
• Prov 3:24 : 24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: Yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
• Ezek 34:25 : 25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil beasts to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
• Hos 2:18 : 18 And in that day will I 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: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.
• Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter. 37 Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 38 For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39 nor 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.
• Deut 33:27-29 : 27 The eternal God is [thy] dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy. 28 And Israel dwelleth in safety, The fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine; Yea, his heavens drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
• Job 11:18-19 : 18 And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; Yea, thou shalt search [about thee], and shalt take thy rest in safety. 19 Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; Yea, many shall make suit unto thee.
• Rev 14:13 : 13 And I heard the voice from heaven saying, {G3427} Write, Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from henceforth: yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them.
• 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we would not have you ignorant, brethren, concerning them that fall asleep; that ye sorrow not, even as the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
• 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.