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Psalms 3:5

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

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Psalms 3:5

COMBINED MEANING

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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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.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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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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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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