You have put 

more joy in my heart than they have when their grain 

and new wine abound.

I will both lie down 

and sleep in peace, 

for you alone, 

Lord, 

make me live in safety.

Psalms 4:7-8 CSB

The end of this Psalm, this song, is about peace of mind. 

He is comparing the joy that comes from prosperity in his culture with the joy he has from knowing God. There's something more solid, more peace giving, more permanent that comes from peace in Yahweh.

There is a place of true safety.

A place of true rest. 

And at the same time his circumstances don't seem to have changed, but knowing God changes the meaning he gives to his circumstances.

Sometimes I get that, and sometimes that peace seems so far away, and maybe that's why this heart korero from David is written as a Psalm, a song, a song of both reality and of hope.

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