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24 If you sit down, you will not panic,[a]
    and if you lie down, then your sleep shall be sweet.
25 Do not be afraid of sudden panic,[b]
    or the storm of wickedness that will come.
26 Yahweh will be your confidence[c]
    and guard your foot from capture.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:24 Or “fear, dread”
  2. Proverbs 3:25 Or “fear, dread”
  3. Proverbs 3:26 Literally “in your confidence”

24 When you lie down,(A) you will not be afraid;(B)
    when you lie down, your sleep(C) will be sweet.
25 Have no fear of sudden disaster
    or of the ruin that overtakes the wicked,
26 for the Lord will be at your side(D)
    and will keep your foot(E) from being snared.(F)

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24 When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh.

26 For the Lord shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken.

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24 When you lie down, you will not be afraid;
Yes, you will lie down and your sleep will be sweet.
25 (A)Do not be afraid of sudden terror,
Nor of trouble from the wicked when it comes;
26 For the Lord will be your confidence,
And will keep your foot from being caught.

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