601 verses about Rest

So the Levites calmed all the people, saying, “Hold your peace, for the day is holy. Don’t be grieved.”

But after they had rest, they did evil again before you; therefore left you them in the hands of their enemies, so that they had the dominion over them; yet when they returned, and cried to you, you heard from heaven; and many times you delivered them according to your mercies,

On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king.

The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.

This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

But the Jews who were in Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a good day; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.

For now should I have lain down and been quiet. I should have slept, then I would have been at rest,

There the wicked cease from troubling. There the weary are at rest.

There the prisoners are at ease together. They don’t hear the voice of the taskmaster.

The small and the great are there. The servant is free from his master.

I am not at ease, neither am I quiet, neither have I rest; but trouble comes.”

In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falls on men,

You shall know that your tent is in peace. You shall visit your fold, and shall miss nothing.

As a servant who earnestly desires the shadow, as a hireling who looks for his wages,

When I lie down, I say, ‘When shall I arise, and the night be gone?’ I toss and turn until the dawning of the day.

When I say, ‘My bed shall comfort me. My couch shall ease my complaint;’

If I say, ‘I will forget my complaint, I will put off my sad face, and cheer up;’

Aren’t my days few? Cease then. Leave me alone, that I may find a little comfort,

for you shall forget your misery. You shall remember it like waters that have passed away.

Life shall be clearer than the noonday. Though there is darkness, it shall be as the morning.

You shall be secure, because there is hope. Yes, you shall search, and shall take your rest in safety.

Also you shall lie down, and no one shall make you afraid. Yes, many shall court your favor.

Look away from him, that he may rest, until he shall accomplish, as a hireling, his day.

“Oh that you would hide me in Sheol, that you would keep me secret, until your wrath is past, that you would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

One dies in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.

God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

“Oh that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me;

In the night season my bones are pierced in me, and the pains that gnaw me take no rest.

My heart is troubled, and doesn’t rest. Days of affliction have come on me.

I will speak, that I may be refreshed. I will open my lips and answer.

When he gives quietness, who then can condemn? When he hides his face, who then can see him? Alike whether to a nation, or to a man,

The lotuses cover him with their shade. The willows of the brook surround him.

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

Stand in awe, and don’t sin. Search your own heart on your bed, and be still. Selah.

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

Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.

Therefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.

As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.

He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.

His soul shall dwell at ease. His offspring shall inherit the land.

They shall be abundantly satisfied with the abundance of your house. You will make them drink of the river of your pleasures.

Trust in Yahweh, and do good. Dwell in the land, and enjoy safe pasture.

Commit your way to Yahweh. Trust also in him, and he will do this:

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

though its waters roar and are troubled, though the mountains tremble with their swelling. Selah.

There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tents of the Most High.

“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”

Attend to me, and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

I said, “Oh that I had wings like a dove! Then I would fly away, and be at rest.

Behold, then I would wander far off. I would lodge in the wilderness.” Selah.

I will dwell in your tent forever. I will take refuge in the shelter of your wings. Selah.

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

He alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress. I will not be shaken.

Trust in him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before him. God is a refuge for us. Selah.

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.

while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.

They are free from burdens of men, neither are they plagued like other men.

His tabernacle is also in Salem; His dwelling place in Zion.

At your rebuke, God of Jacob, both chariot and horse are cast into a dead sleep.

He built his sanctuary like the heights, like the earth which he has established forever.

“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.

Yahweh of Armies, blessed is the man who trusts in you.

Satisfy us in the morning with your loving kindness, that we may rejoice and be glad all our days.

He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.

that you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit is dug for the wicked.

In the multitude of my thoughts within me, your comforts delight my soul.

Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”

I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.

Let my meditation be sweet to him. I will rejoice in Yahweh.

For he satisfies the longing soul. He fills the hungry soul with good.

He makes the storm a calm, so that its waves are still.

Then they are glad because it is calm, so he brings them to their desired haven.

He will drink of the brook on the way; therefore he will lift up his head.

Return to your rest, my soul, for Yahweh has dealt bountifully with you.

I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, and have comforted myself.

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.

Yahweh is your keeper. Yahweh is your shade on your right hand.

Our feet are standing within your gates, Jerusalem;

When Yahweh brought back those who returned to Zion, we were like those who dream.

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.

Surely I have stilled and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with his mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me.

“Surely I will not come into the structure of my house, nor go up into my bed;

Arise, Yahweh, into your resting place; you, and the ark of your strength.

“This is my resting place forever. Here I will live, for I have desired it.

If I would count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I wake up, I am still with you.

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.

He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.

But whoever listens to me will dwell securely, and will be at ease, without fear of harm.”

Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace.

When you lie down, you will not be afraid. Yes, you will lie down, and your sleep will be sweet.

How long will you sleep, sluggard? When will you arise out of your sleep?