Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the LORD sustains me. New Living Translation I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the LORD was watching over me. English Standard Version I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the LORD sustained me. Berean Standard Bible I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. King James Bible I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. New King James Version I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustained me. New American Standard Bible I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. NASB 1995 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. NASB 1977 I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. Legacy Standard Bible I lay down and slept; I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me. Amplified Bible I lay down and slept [safely]; I awakened, for the LORD sustains me. Christian Standard Bible I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the LORD sustains me. Holman Christian Standard Bible I lie down and sleep; I wake again because the LORD sustains me. American Standard Version I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me. Aramaic Bible in Plain English I laid down and I slept and I was awakened because LORD JEHOVAH kept me. Brenton Septuagint Translation I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me. Contemporary English Version I sleep and wake up refreshed because you, LORD, protect me. Douay-Rheims Bible I have slept and taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me. English Revised Version I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustaineth me. GOD'S WORD® Translation I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because the LORD continues to support me. Good News Translation I lie down and sleep, and all night long the LORD protects me. International Standard Version I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me. JPS Tanakh 1917 I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me. Literal Standard Version I have lain down, and I sleep, | I have awoken, for YHWH sustains me. Majority Standard Bible I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. New American Bible I lie down and I fall asleep, [and] I will wake up, for the LORD sustains me. NET Bible I rested and slept; I awoke, for the LORD protects me. New Revised Standard Version I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. New Heart English Bible I lay down and slept. I awoke, for the LORD sustains me. Webster's Bible Translation I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. World English Bible I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for Yahweh sustains me. Young's Literal Translation I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Deliver Me, O LORD!…4To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me. 6I will not fear the myriads set against me on every side.… Cross References Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land. Psalm 4:8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety. Psalm 139:18 If I were to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand; and when I awake, I am still with You. Proverbs 3:24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet. Treasury of Scripture I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me. I laid Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Psalm 127:2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. Leviticus 26:6 And I will give peace in the land, and ye shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid: and I will rid evil beasts out of the land, neither shall the sword go through your land. the Psalm 4:8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. Psalm 66:9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. Proverbs 14:26 In the fear of the LORD is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge. Jump to Previous Awake Awaked Awakened Awoke Laid Lain Rest Sleep Slept Support Sustained Sustaineth Sustains Wake WakedJump to Next Awake Awaked Awakened Awoke Laid Lain Rest Sleep Slept Support Sustained Sustaineth Sustains Wake WakedPsalm 3 1. The security of God's protectionVerse 5. - I laid me down and slept; literally, as for me, I laid me down, etc. A contrast seems intended between the king and some of his companions. "I, for my part," he says, "confident in God, calmly laid me down and slept; I did not allow the danger which I was in to interfere with my repose at night." Others, probably, were less trustful. I awaked. When morning came, i.e., I awoke, as usual, from quiet and refreshing slumbers. For the Lord sustained me; rather, sustaineth me. Now and always I am sustained by the Almighty. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Iאֲנִ֥י (’ă·nî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 589: I lie down שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי (šā·ḵaḇ·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 7901: To lie down and sleep; וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה (wā·’î·šā·nāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular | third person feminine singular Strong's 3462: To be slack, languid, sleep, to grow old, stale, inveterate I wake again, הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי (hĕ·qî·ṣō·w·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6974: Arise, be awake, watch for כִּ֖י (kî) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel sustains me. יִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃ (yis·mə·ḵê·nî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | first person common singular Strong's 5564: To prop, to lean upon, take hold of Links Psalm 3:5 NIVPsalm 3:5 NLT Psalm 3:5 ESV Psalm 3:5 NASB Psalm 3:5 KJV Psalm 3:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 3:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 3:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 3:5 French Bible Psalm 3:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 3:5 I laid myself down and slept (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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