Psalms 4:8

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Psalms 4:8


← Psalms 4:7 Psalms 4:8 (KJV) Psalms 5:1 →
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
To the chief Musician upon Nehiloth, A Psalm of David. Give ear to my words, O LORD, consider my meditation.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

I will bothH3162 lay me downH7901 in peaceH7965, and sleepH3462: for thou, LORDH3068, onlyH910 makest me dwellH3427 in safetyH983.


Original Hebrew

בְּשָׁלֹום יַחְדָּו אֶשְׁכְּבָה וְאִישָׁן כִּי־אַתָּה יְהוָה לְבָדָד לָבֶטַח תֹּושִׁיבֵנִי׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
בְּ/שָׁל֣וֹם
be./sha.Lom H7965 HR/Ncmsa in/ peace
יַחְדָּו֮
yach.Dav H3162 HD together
אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה
'esh.ke.Vah H7901 HVqh1cs I will lie down
וְ/אִ֫ישָׁ֥ן
ve./'I.Shan H3462 HC/Vqi1cs and/ I may sleep
כִּֽי
ki- H3588 HC for
אַתָּ֣ה
'a.Tah H859 HPp2ms you
יְהוָ֣ה
Yah.weh H3068 HNp O Yahweh
לְ/בָדָ֑ד
le./va.Dad H910 HR/Ncmsa (to)/ alone
לָ֝/בֶ֗טַח
la./Ve.tach H983 HR/Ncmsa to/ security
תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽ/נִי
to.shi.Ve./ni H3427 HVhi2ms/Sp1cs you caused to dwell/ me
Strong's References
  • H910 — בָּדָד (bâdâd, baw-dawd'): from בָּדַד (bâdad) H909; separate; adverb, separately; alone, desolate, only, solitary.
  • H983 — בֶּטַח (beṭach, beh'takh): from בָּטַח (bâṭach) H982; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely; assurance, boldly, (without) care(-less), confidence, hope, safe(-ly, -ty), secure, surely.
  • H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה (hâyâh) H1961; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ (Yâhh) H3050, יְהֹוִה (Yᵉhôvih) H3069.
  • H3162 — יַחַד (yachad, yakh'-ad): from יָחַד (yâchad) H3161; properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedly; alike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.
  • H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
  • H3462 — יָשֵׁן (yâshên, yaw-shane'): a primitive root; properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate; old (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.
  • H7901 — שָׁכַב (shâkab, shaw-kab'): a primitive root; to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose); [idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.
  • H7965 — שָׁלוֹם (shâlôwm, shaw-lome'): or שָׁלֹם (shâlôm); from שָׁלַם (shâlam) H7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace; [idiom] do, familiar, [idiom] fare, favour, [phrase] friend, [idiom] great, (good) health, ([idiom] perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, ([idiom] all is, be) well, [idiom] wholly.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ (ʼattâ); or אַת (ʼath); feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי (ʼattîy); plural masculine אַתֶּם (ʼattem); feminine אַתֶּן (ʼatten); or אַתֵּנָה (ʼattênâh); or אַתֵּנָּה (ʼattênnâh); a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
  • H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.
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