Psalms 4:8

World English Bible (2000)

In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety. For the Chief Musician, with the flutes. A Psalm by David.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 3:5 : 5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
  • Lev 25:18-19 : 18 "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety. 19 The land shall yield its fruit, and you shall eat your fill, and dwell therein in safety.
  • Lev 26:5 : 5 Your threshing shall reach to the vintage, and the vintage shall reach to the sowing time; and you shall eat your bread to the full, and dwell in your land safely.
  • Deut 12:10 : 10 But when you go over the Jordan, and dwell in the land which Yahweh your God causes you to inherit, and he gives you rest from all your enemies around you, so that you dwell in safety;
  • Ps 16:8-9 : 8 I have set Yahweh always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
  • Prov 3:24 : 24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
  • Ezek 34:25 : 25 I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause evil animals to cease out of the land; and they shall dwell securely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.
  • Hos 2:18 : 18 In that day I will make a covenant for them with the animals of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the creeping things of the ground. I will break the bow, the sword, and the battle out of the land, and will make them lie down safely.
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Could oppression, or anguish, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? 36 Even as it is written, "For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter." 37 No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who 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 created thing, will 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 [your] dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, 'Destroy!' 28 Israel dwells in safety; the fountain of Jacob alone, In a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drop down dew. 29 You are happy, Israel. Who is like you, a people saved by Yahweh, the shield of your help, the sword of your excellency! Your enemies shall submit themselves to you. You shall tread on their high places."
  • Job 11:18-19 : 18 You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety. 19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.
  • Rev 14:13 : 13 I heard the voice from heaven saying, "Write, 'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.'" "Yes," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors; for their works follow with them."
  • 1 Thess 4:13-14 : 13 But we don't want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning those who have fallen asleep, so that you don't grieve like the rest, who have no hope. 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
  • 1 Thess 5:10 : 10 who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 3:5-6
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    5 I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.

    6 I will not be afraid of tens of thousands of people who have set themselves against me on every side.

  • Prov 3:23-24
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    23 Then you shall walk in your way securely. Your foot won't stumble.

    24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

  • Ps 116:7-8
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    7 Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

    8 For you have delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.

  • 18 My people will live in a peaceful habitation, in safe dwellings, and in quiet resting places.

  • Ps 132:3-5
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    3 "Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

    4 I will not give sleep to my eyes, or slumber to my eyelids;

    5 until I find out a place for Yahweh, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob."

  • 6 "'I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and no one will make you afraid; and I will remove evil animals out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land.

  • Ps 23:1-2
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    1 Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

    2 He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

  • 13 When I say, 'My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;'

  • Job 11:18-19
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    18 You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

    19 Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

  • 11 Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace. A Psalm. A Song for the Dedication of the Temple. By David.

  • 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

  • 14 But I trust in you, Yahweh. I said, "You are my God."

  • 12 Yahweh, you will ordain peace for us, for you have also worked all our works for us.

  • 4 Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

  • 1 Preserve me, God, for in you do I take refuge.

  • 15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,

  • 2 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."

  • 8 Cause me to hear your loving kindness in the morning, for I trust in you. Cause me to know the way in which I should walk, for I lift up my soul to you.

  • 4 When I lie down, I say, 'When shall I arise, and the night be gone?' I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

  • 26 On this I awakened, and saw; and my sleep was sweet to me.

  • 3 You will keep whoever's mind is steadfast in perfect peace, because he trusts in you.

  • 3 When I am afraid, I will put my trust in you.

  • 9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,

  • 3 He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber.

  • 6 Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in Yahweh's house forever. A Psalm by David.

  • 13 In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

  • 8 For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."

  • 33 But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm."

  • 6 when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches.

  • 13 For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

  • 4 For you, Yahweh, have made me glad through your work. I will triumph in the works of your hands.

  • 2 He enters into peace; they rest in their beds, each one who walks in his uprightness.

  • 14 "This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

  • Ps 4:4-5
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    4 Stand in awe, and don't sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

    5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.

  • 3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.

  • 8 If I ascend up into heaven, you are there. If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, you are there!

  • 3 Though an army should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear. Though war should rise against me, even then I will be confident.

  • 18 He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, although there are many who oppose me.

  • 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.

  • 7 I am for peace, but when I speak, they are for war. A Song of Ascents.

  • 3 For you have been a refuge for me, a strong tower from the enemy.

  • 8 Yahweh will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.