Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me.
New American Standard Bible
I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
King James Version
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Holman Bible
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
A Conservative Version
I laid down and slept. I awoke, for LORD sustains me.
American Standard Version
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Amplified
I lay down and slept [safely];
I awakened, for the Lord sustains me.
Darby Translation
I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Julia Smith Translation
I lay down and I, shall sleep; I awaked: for Jehovah will uphold me.
King James 2000
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
Lexham Expanded Bible
I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
Modern King James verseion
I laid down and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah kept me.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
I laid me down and slept, and rose up again; for the LORD sustained me.
NET Bible
I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.
New Heart English Bible
I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the LORD sustains me.
The Emphasized Bible
I, laid me down and slept, - I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Word Count of 19 Translations in Psalm 3:5
Prayers for Psalm 3:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Confidence In Troubled Times
4 I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Interlude 5 I lie down and sleep, I wake up, because the LORD sustains me. 6 I will not fear multitudes of people, who set themselves against me on every side.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 4:8
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for you alone, LORD, enable me to live securely. To the Director: For flutes. A Davidic Psalm
Leviticus 26:6
I'll give peace in the land so that you'll lie down without fear. I'll remove wild beasts from the land, and not even war will come to your land.
Proverbs 3:24
When you sit down, you will not be afraid; when you lie down, your sleep will be pleasant.
Job 11:18-19
You'll be secure, because there is hope; you'll see that you're at rest and safe.
Psalm 66:9
He gives us life and does not permit our feet to slip.
Psalm 127:2
It is useless to get up early and to stay up late, eating the food of exhausting labor truly he gives sleep to those he loves.
Proverbs 14:26
Rock-solid security is found in the fear of the LORD, and within it one's children find refuge.
Proverbs 18:10
The name of the LORD is a strong tower; a righteous person rushes to it and is lifted up above the danger.
Isaiah 26:3
You will keep perfectly peaceful the one whose mind remains focused on you, because he remains in you.
Acts 12:6
That very night, before Herod was going to bring him out, Peter, bound with two chains, was sleeping between two soldiers, and guards in front of the door were watching the prisoners.