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(A)[a]In peace I will lie down and fall asleep,
    for you alone, Lord, make me secure.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:9 In peace I will…fall asleep: the last verse repeats two themes in the Psalm. One is the security of one who trusts in the true God; the other is the interior peace of those who sincerely repent (“on [their] beds”), whose sleep is not disturbed by a guilty conscience.

24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid,
    when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.

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