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Psalms 3:5–6

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I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.
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From verse 5

  1. Psalms 4:8Rank 1 from verse 5
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    8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

  2. Proverbs 3:24Rank 2 from verse 5
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    24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

  3. Isaiah 26:3Rank 3 from verse 5
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    3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.

  4. Leviticus 26:6Rank 4 from verse 5
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    6And 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.

  5. Job 11:18–19Rank 5 from verse 5
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    18And thou shalt be secure, because there is hope; yea, thou shalt dig about thee, and thou shalt take thy rest in safety.

    19Also thou shalt lie down, and none shall make thee afraid; yea, many shall make suit unto thee.

From verse 6

  1. Romans 8:31Rank 1 from verse 6
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    31What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?

  2. Psalms 27:1–3Rank 2 from verse 6
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    1THE Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

    2When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

    3Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

  3. Psalms 118:10–12Rank 3 from verse 6
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    10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.

    11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

    12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.

  4. Psalms 23:4Rank 4 from verse 6
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    4Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

  5. 2 Kings 6:15–17Rank 5 from verse 6
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    15And when the servant of the man of God was risen early, and gone forth, behold, an host compassed the city both with horses and chariots. And his servant said unto him, Alas, my master! how shall we do?

    16And he answered, Fear not: for they that be with us are more than they that be with them.

    17And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

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Psalms 3:5

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laid

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Sense 1: Placed, set, put down, deposited, arranged, established, founded, imposed, applied, stored, buried, or overlaid. Sense 2: Reclined or brought to rest.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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slept

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Past-tense or past-participial form of sleep. Sense 1: Rested in natural sleep. Sense 2: By figure, lay in death.

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awaked

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of awake, meaning to cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.

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COMBINED MEANING

for

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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.

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sustained

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of sustain, meaning to hold up, support, maintain, nourish, bear, or endure without failing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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Psalms 3:6

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people

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Persons collectively; a nation, community, or group considered as a body.

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set

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1. To put or place a person or thing in a position, relation, or condition; when passive, to be so placed, fixed, or adorned. 2. To establish, fix, appoint, assign, prescribe, or determine. 3. To arrange, prepare, present, display, or put in order or array. 4. To direct, turn, or firmly apply the face, heart, eyes, mind, affection, or action toward something. 5. To start, advance, send out, proceed on a course or work, or make an attack, as in set forward, set forth, or set upon where those meanings apply. 6. To value or esteem; or, in set at nought or set light by, to despise. 7. Of the sun, to go down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

about

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1. Around or near in place, position, or movement; on every side, in a circuit, from place to place, or turned from one direction or state toward another. 2. Approximately in number, measure, distance, or time. 3. Concerning, occupied with, or engaged in a matter. 4. On the point of, intending, or attempting an action.

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4I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

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6I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me round about.

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7Arise, O Lord; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.

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