Bible verses for sleep
Scripture to read as you lie down, and to return to when you wake in the night. Every verse is quoted in full with its reference. Many of these are in the 3 AM album in Rest in Him, read aloud word for word.
To read as you lie down
I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.
In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me live in safety.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid; when you rest, your sleep will be sweet.
When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.
When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for 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.
In vain you rise early and stay up late, toiling for bread to eat— for He gives sleep to His beloved.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to stay up late, eating the bread of toil, for he gives sleep to his loved ones.
It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep.
When you wake at 3 AM
When anxiety overwhelms me, Your consolation delights my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me thy comforts delight my soul.
When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night. For You are my help; I will sing for joy in the shadow of Your wings.
when I remember you on my bed, and think about you in the night watches. For you have been my help. I will rejoice in the shadow of your wings.
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. Because thou hast been my help, therefore in the shadow of thy wings will I rejoice.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will hide me, and the light become night around me”— even the darkness is not dark to You, but the night shines like the day, for darkness is as light to You.
If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me. The light around me will be night,” even the darkness doesn’t hide from you, but the night shines as the day. The darkness is like light to you.
If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee.
He will not allow your foot to slip; your Protector will not slumber. Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
He will not allow your foot to be moved. He who keeps you will not slumber. Behold, he who keeps Israel will neither slumber nor sleep.
He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber. Behold, he that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep.
The Lord decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
The Lord will command his loving kindness in the daytime. In the night his song shall be with me: a prayer to the God of my life.
Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
With my soul I have desired you in the night. Yes, with my spirit within me I will seek you earnestly; for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
When fear comes in the dark
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say to the Lord, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust.”
He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust.
He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart.
He will cover you with his feathers. Under his wings you will take refuge. His faithfulness is your shield and rampart.
He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler.
You will not fear the terror of the night, nor the arrow that flies by day, nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the calamity that destroys at noon.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that wastes at noonday.
Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me. Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— whom shall I dread?
The Lord is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? The Lord is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Rest for a tired soul
Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily burdened, and I will give you rest.
Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
I have set the Lord always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
I have set the Lord always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
And the Lord answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
for I will refresh the weary soul and replenish all who are weak.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.
For I have satiated the weary soul, and I have replenished every sorrowful soul.