Psalm 4:8
Verse 8 of 8. The 4th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.
4Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
5Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
6There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
7Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
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Psalm 4:8 in the World English Bible
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Matthew Henry on Psalm 4:8
The saints have no reason to envy carnal worldlings their mirth and joy, but should pity them rather, for they may know better and will not. (3.) This is what they entirely confide in, and in this confidence they are always easy, v. 8.
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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.