Psalms 4:8
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Automatic: evening colours from 20:00 to 07:00, your local time.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
Explore a smaller editorial collection of peace passages chosen for their meaning in context.
This evening prayer closes with the psalmist resting in the Lord even while opposition remains around him. Christian trust can make room for sleep without pretending that every danger or anxious feeling has already disappeared.
Continue with the surrounding chapter, then bring its words before God without turning this one verse into a promise it does not make.
Explore the peace guidePresented by VerseKind using the public-domain King James Version.