Psalms

Psalm 3:5–6

⁵I lie down and sleep;

I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

⁶I will not fear the myriads

set against me on every side.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I	אֲנִ֥י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
lie down	שָׁכַ֗בְתִּי	šā·ḵaḇ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H7901 lie down
and sleep	וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָה	wā·’î·šā·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - first person common singular; third person feminine singular	H3462 sleep
I wake again	הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִי	hĕ·qî·ṣō·w·ṯî	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular	H6974 awake
for	כִּ֖י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
the LORD	יְהוָ֣ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
sustains me	יִסְמְכֵֽנִי׃	yis·mə·ḵê·nî	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular; first person common singular	H5564 lean, lay, rest, support

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will not	לֹֽא־	lō-	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
fear	אִ֭ירָא	’î·rā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H3372 fear
the myriads	מֵרִבְב֥וֹת	mê·riḇ·ḇō·wṯ	Preposition-m; Number - feminine plural construct	H7233 multitude, myriad, ten thousand
set	שָׁ֣תוּ	šā·ṯū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7896 put, set
against me	עָלָֽי׃	‘ā·lāy	Preposition; first person common singular	H5921 height
on every side	סָ֝בִ֗יב	sā·ḇîḇ	Adverb	H5439 circuit, round about

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 3:5 Psalm 4:8 · Proverbs 3:24 · Isaiah 26:3 · Leviticus 26:6 · Job 11:18–19 · Psalm 127:2 · Proverbs 18:10 · Proverbs 14:26 · Psalm 66:9

Psalm 3:6 Romans 8:31 · Psalm 27:1–3 · Psalm 118:10–12 · Psalm 23:4 · 2 Kings 6:15–17 · Psalm 46:7 · 2 Samuel 18:7 · Psalm 46:2 · Psalm 2:2

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.