Psalms 4:8

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only 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

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Lev 25:18-19 : 18 Wherefore ye shall do my statutes, and keep my judgments, and do them; and ye shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 And the land shall yield her 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 Jordan, and dwell in the land which the LORD your God giveth you to inherit, and when he giveth you rest from all your enemies round about, so that ye dwell in safety;
Ps 16:8-9 : 8 I have set the LORD 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 rest in hope.
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 the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely 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 fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earth, 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 distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 As it is written , For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are 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 powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 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 refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. 28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob shall be upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew. 29 Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars 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 dig about thee, and thou 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 a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep 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.

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