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22 When you walk, it will lead you.
    When you sleep, it will watch over you.
    When you awake, it will talk with you.

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22 When you go, they [the words of your parents’ God] shall lead you; when you sleep, they shall keep you; and when you waken, they shall talk with you.

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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.

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It is vain for you to rise up early, to take rest late, to eat the bread of [anxious] toil—for He gives [blessings] to His beloved in sleep.

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12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much; but the abundance of the rich will not allow him to sleep.

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12 The sleep of a laboring man is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the fullness of the rich will not let him sleep.

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In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep,
    for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.

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In peace I will both lie down and sleep, for You, Lord, alone make me dwell in safety and confident trust.

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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.

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24 When you lie down, you shall not be afraid; yes, you shall lie down, and your sleep shall be sweet.

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The Lord Yahweh has given me the tongue of those who are taught,
    that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary.
He awakens morning by morning,
    he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

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[The [a]Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:4 See footnote on Isa. 42:1.

You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,
    nor of the arrow that flies by day,

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You shall not be afraid of the terror of the night, nor of the arrow (the evil plots and slanders of the wicked) that flies by day,

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