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Psalms 3:5
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Psalms 3:5
5I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
5*I layd me downe and slept; I awaked, for the LORD sustained me.
- Psal.4.9.
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Psalms 3:5
Placed, set down, imposed, or arranged.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
From a higher place or position to a lower one; below.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Rested in sleep; or by figure lay in death.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To cease sleeping, or to arouse from sleep or inactivity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828
LORD: The name of God the Father in English, from the Hebrew Tetragrammaton YHWH, also rendered GOD and JEHOVAH. Lord: A title applied to God and Christ as ruler and master, the one to whom worship and obedience are due. lord: A male master, owner, ruler, or superior addressed or described as one having authority.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Supported, upheld, or kept in life.
Meaning drawn from: Cawdrey 1604 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study8I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
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Open the full verse study24When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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Open the full verse study3Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
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Open the full verse study6And 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.
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Open the full verse study18And 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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Open the full verse study10The name of the Lord is a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
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Open the full verse study2It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
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Open the full verse study26In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall have a place of refuge.
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Open the full verse study9Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.
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Open the full verse study6And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison.
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