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Psalms 3:5
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I lie down and sleep;I wake again because the Lord sustains me.
I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for the LORD sustains me.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.
I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
I can lie down and go to sleep, and I will wake up again, because the Lord gives me strength.
I rested and slept; I awoke, for the Lord protects me.
I lay down and slept [safely]; I awakened, for the LORD sustains me.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the LORD sustains me.
I laid myself down and slept. I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
I layed me downe and slept, and rose vp againe: for the Lord susteined me.
I lay down and slept;I awoke, for Yahweh sustains me.
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
I sleep and wake up refreshed because you, Lord , protect me.
With my voice I call out to Adonai , and he answers me from his holy hill. (Selah)
I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
I can lie down to rest and know that I will wake up, because the Lord covers and protects me.
I lay down and slept; and I awoke; for the LORD sustained me.
I lie down and sleep, and all night long the Lord protects me.
I lay down and slept; I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.
I laid down, and slept. I awoke, for Jehovah kept me.
Sela I layed me downe and slepte, but I rose vp agayne, for the LORDE susteyned me.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.
I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.
With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah
I layd me downe and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me.
I layde me downe and slept: and I rose vp agayne, for God sustayned me.
I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustaineth me.
With my vois Y criede to the Lord; and he herde me fro his hooli hil.
I laid myself down and slept; I awakened; for Yahweh sustains me.
I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
I lay down and slept, yet I woke up in safety, for the Lord was watching over me.
I lay down and slept, and I woke up again, for the Lord keeps me safe.
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.
I, laid me down and slept, - I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!
I have slept and have taken my rest: and I have risen up, because the Lord hath protected me.
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
I -- I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
I stretch myself out. I sleep. Then I'm up again—rested, tall and steady, Fearless before the enemy mobs Coming at me from all sides.
I lay down and slept; I awoke, for the Lord sustains me.
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but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die."
And the woman said to the serpent, "We may eat the fruit of the trees of the garden;
but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, "You shall not eat it, nor shall you touch it, lest you die."'
So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with her, and he ate.
Then the eyes of both of them were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves coverings.
So he said, "I heard Your voice in the garden, and I was afraid because I was naked; and I hid myself."
And the LORD God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
So the LORD God said to the serpent: "Because you have done this, You are cursed more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you shall go, And you shall eat dust All the days of your life.
And I will put enmity Between you and the woman, And between your seed and her Seed; He shall bruise your head, And you shall bruise His heel."
Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"--
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I laid me down and slept,.... After the battle was over between Absalom's men and his, says Aben Ezra; but rather this was in the midst of his trouble and distress, since he afterwards prays for salvation: and this sleep was either, as Jarchi observes, through his heart being overwhelmed with grief; for there have been instances of persons sleeping through sorrow, as Elijah, Jonah, and the disciples of Christ, 1 Kings 19:4; or rather this is expressive of the calmness and serenity of his mind amidst his troubles; he laid himself down in peace, and slept quietly and comfortably; he did not lose a night's rest, his sleep was sweet unto him; which was a blessing of life from the Lord that everyone does not enjoy; see Psalms 127:2;
I awakened; in the morning, alive and cheerful, Some lay themselves down and never awake more, as Sisera the captain of Jabin's army, and Ishbosheth the son of Saul; and this might have been David's case, considering the circumstances he was in: and others, through perplexing thoughts and cares, or pains of body, or uneasy dreams, rise fatigued and distressed; but David arose in good health of body, and tranquillity of mind, and comfortably refreshed;
for the Lord sustained me; the psalmist committed himself to the care and protection of God; he laid himself down in his arms, and there slept in safety; the Lord preserved him, who is Israel's keeper, that neither slumbers nor sleeps: and he rose in health and cheerfulness in the morning, supported by his right hand. This shows, that lying down to sleep, when in such circumstances, and awaking with cheerfulness, were not owing to rashness, stupidity, and insensibility, but to divine supports. These words may be interpreted, as they are by some of the ancients, of the death of Christ, and of his resurrection from the dead by the power of God; death is often expressed by sleep, and the resurrection of the dead by an awaking out of sleep, Daniel 12:2; and Christ's death being signified by lying down and sleeping, may denote both the voluntariness of it, that he laid down his life freely and willingly; and his short continuance under the power of death, it was but like a night's sleep; and his resurrection from the dead, being expressed by an awaking through the Lord's sustaining him, shows that it was by the power of God, even the exceeding greatness of his power: and the whole of this may be applied to the case and state of the saints and people of God, who at times have rest and peace amidst their enemies; though they have tribulation in the world, they have peace in Christ; and notwithstanding the temptations of Satan, and the corruptions of their own hearts, they have joy and comfort through believing in Christ; the Lord sustains them with precious promises, and supports them with the discoveries of his love, and upholds them with the right hand of his righteousness.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I laid me down and slept - Notwithstanding these troubles and dangers I had such confidence that God hears prayer, and such calm trust in his protection, that I laid me down gently and slept securely. The psalmist mentions this as a remarkable proof of the divine protection and favor. He was driven from his capital, his throne, and his home. He was compelled to wander as a poor fugitive, accompanied by only a few friends. He was pursued by enemies, who were numbered by thousands. He was made an exile, and persecuted by his own son; and with this son there were men of age and of experience in war. The forces of his enemies might come upon him at any moment. In these circumstances, persecuted as he was, and under all the anxiety and distress which he felt in view of the ungrateful conduct of his own son, he regarded it as a singular proof of the divine favor, and as an illustration of the peace which confidence in God gives to those who put their trust in him, that on such a dreadful night he was permitted to lie calmly down and sleep. As such a proof and illustration it may be regarded here: a proof of the unspeakable value of the divine favor, and an illustration of the effect of confidence in God in giving calmness and peace of mind in time of trouble. Psalms 127:2.
I awaked - Still safe and secure. He had not been suddenly attacked by his foes, and made to sleep the sleep of death; he had not been crushed by anguish of spirit. That we are “awaked” in the morning after a night’s refreshing slumber; that we are raised up again to the enjoyments of life; that we are permitted again to greet our friends and to unite with them in the privileges of devotion, should always be regarded as a new proof of the goodness of God, and should lead to acts of praise. We have no power to awake ourselves; and when we remember how many are taken away from our world each night - how many there are who lie down to sleep to wake no more, we should never rise from a bed of repose without giving our first thoughts in gratitude to our Great Preserver.
For the Lord sustained me - He kept me from danger; he preserved me from death. And it is as true now as it was then, that God is the supporter of life when men sleep. He guards us; he causes the action of the heart to be continued as it propels the blood through our frame; he secures the gentle heaving of the lungs, both when we slumber and when we wake.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 3:5. I laid me down and slept — He who knows that he has God for his Protector may go quietly and confidently to his bed, not fearing the violence of the fire, the edge of the sword, the designs of wicked men, nor the influence of malevolent spirits.
I awaked — Though humanly speaking there was reason to fear I should have been murdered in my bed, as my most confidential servants had been corrupted by my rebellious son; yet God, my shield, protected me. I both slept and awaked; and my life is still whole in me.
