King James Version

Psalms 3:5

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 3:6.

אֲנִ֥יanimineאֲנִיpronoun, personal, 1st person, common, singular — “mine”H589II, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, [idiom] which, [idiom] who.שָׁכַ֗בְתִּיshakhavtilieשָׁכַבverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “lie”, a completed actionH7901to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)[idiom] at all, cast down, (lover-)lay (self) (down), (make to) lie (down, down to sleep, still with), lodge, ravish, take rest, sleep, stay.וָֽאִ֫ישָׁ֥נָהvaishanahand oldיָשֵׁןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, paragogic he — “and old”, the next action in the storyH3462properly, to be slack or languid, i.e. (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterateold (store), remain long, (make to) sleep.הֱקִיצ֑וֹתִיheqitsotiariseקוּץverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “arise”, a completed actionH6974to awake (literally or figuratively)arise, (be) (a-) wake, watch.כִּ֖יkiassuredכִּיconjunction — “assured”H3588(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexedand, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + til…יְהוָ֣הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).יִסְמְכֵֽנִיyismekheniholdסָמַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “hold”, an unfinished actionH5564to prop (literally or figuratively); reflexively, to lean upon or take hold of (in a favorable or unfavorable sense)bear up, establish, (up-) hold, lay, lean, lie hard, put, rest self, set self, stand fast, stay (self), sustain.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(3-6) I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.

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American Standard Version (1901)

I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Young’s Literal Translation

I — I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

World English Bible

I laid myself down and slept. I awakened, for Yahweh sustains me.

Darby Translation

I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.

Douay-Rheims

I have cried to the Lord with my voice: and he hath heard me from his holy hill.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(3-6) I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I lay down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord will help me.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐγὼ ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ὕπνωσα, ἐξηγέρθην, ὅτι Κύριος ἀντιλήψεταί μου.