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In peaceבְּשָׁלוֹםI will lie downאֶשְׁכְּבָהandוְright awayיַחְדָּוsleep,אִישָׁןforכִּיyouאַתָּהalone,לְבָדָדYHWH,יְהוָהmake me dwellתּוֹשִׁיבֵנִיin safety.לָבֶטַח
Psalms 4:8
Study it in the app“In peace I will lie down and right away sleep, for you alone, YHWH, make me dwell in safety.”
David lies down and sleeps in peace because God makes him dwell in safetyPeace and Anxiety
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 4:8, word by word
- In peaceשָׁלוֹםshalom
peace
Living without war or quarrels, in harmony.
Where else “shalom” appears- I will lie downאֶשְׁכְּבָהeshkva
lie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “eshkva” appears- right awayיַחְדָּוyachdav
together
Together, at the same time.
Where else “yachdav” appears- sleepאִישָׁןishan
sleep
To fall asleep, or sleep the sleep of death.
Where else “ishan” appears- aloneבָדָדvadad
alone, apart
Apart, alone: separated from the others.
Where else “vadad” appears- YHWHיְהוָהyehva
YHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appears- make me dwellתּוֹשִׁיבֵtoshive
dwell
To make one's home in a place.
Where else “toshive” appears- in safetyבֶטַחvetach
security, safely
Security, confidence; living "securely", without fear. Sometimes unsuspecting.
Where else “vetach” appears
Translation note
“You alone”: the Hebrew word (“in solitude”) can also refer to the speaker: “you make me dwell apart, in safety” (compare Deuteronomy 33:28). “Right away”: literally “at the same time”: lying down and falling asleep are one and the same.
The context
7You have put joy in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine abound.
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