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Verse Psalms 4:4. _STAND IN AWE, AND SIN NOT_] The _Septuagint_,
which is copied by St. _Paul_, Ephesians 4:26, translate this clause,
Οργιζεσθε, και μη ἁμαρτανετε; _Be ye angry,
and sin not_. The _...
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STAND IN AWE - Still addressed to those who in Psalms 4:2 are called
“sons of men;” that is, to his enemies. This is rendered by Prof.
Alexander, “Rage and sin not.” The Aramaic Paraphrase renders it,...
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Psalms 4
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1. The cry to Jehovah (Psalms 4:1)
2. The warning to the enemies (Psalms 4:4)
3. The assurance of faith (Psalms 4:6)...
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IV. AN EVENING HYMN BY A MAN HIGH IN OFFICE WHOSE RULE EXCITES
JEALOUSY AND RESISTANCE. The Psalmist begins with an appeal to the God
of his righteousness, _i.e._ the God who declares that his case is...
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STAND IN AWE, &C.. Stand in awe and [so] sin not. sin. Hebrew.
_chata'_
STILL. silent.
SELAH. Connecting their sin with its being put away. See App-66....
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STAND IN AWE, &C.— The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Arabic,
render it, _Be ye angry,_ &c....
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PSALMS 4
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
The Ideal Levite's Evening Prayer.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 4:1, New Favour Sought in the Strength of Past
Supplies. Stanza II., Psalms 4:2, Expostulation addressed to...
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_STAND IN AWE, AND SIN NOT: COMMUNE WITH YOUR OWN HEART UPON YOUR BED,
AND BE STILL. SELAH._
Stand in awe, and sin not. Septuagint and Ephesians 4:26 translate
"Be ye angry, and sin not." х_ RIGZUW _...
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4:4 anger, (d-4) Or 'tremble.'...
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STAND IN AWE] LXX renders, 'Be ye angry,' and is followed by St. Paul
in Ephesians 4:26. BE STILL] cease your striving after vanity. SELAH]
see on Psalms 3:4....
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This is an evening hymn, and though no occasion is mentioned it may
perhaps be referred, like Psalms 3 (its natural companion), to the
time of Absalom's revolt, but to a somewhat later stage in the co...
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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STAND IN AWE. — Literally, _tremble,_ whether with _fear_ or
_anger._ But the rendering of the LXX., “be angry,” quoted in
Ephesians 4:26, though etymologically correct, is plainly inadmissible
here....
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_[Psalms 4:5]_ רִגְז֗וּ וְֽ אַל
־תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ אִמְר֣וּ...
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Psalms 4:1
Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1 are a pair. They are similar in expression (my
glory, there be many which say, I laid me down and slept) in the
psalmist's situation, and in structure (as indicated b...
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MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS
Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1
These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2
Samuel 16:1. It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep when
our foes are ma...
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This is a song of the evening. The general circumstances out of which
it rises are the same as those of the previous psalm. Now, however,
the day into which the singer marched with confidence is over....
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(g) Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your
bed, and be (h) still. Selah.
(g) For fear of God's judgment.
(h) Cease your rage....
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Wonderful, ( mirificavit) according to the Hebrew means also has
chosen in a striking manner his appointed ruler, or holy person.
(Berthier) --- Holy, often means one set aside, (Luke ii.) or
commissi...
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Nothing can be more gracious than what is here recommended. It is as
if the Holy Ghost commanded the sinner to pause over the view of his
own nothingness, and then to come by faith, with Jesus and his...
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_SELF-COMMUNION_
‘Commune with your own heart.’
Psalms 4:4
I. CONSIDER, FIRST, THE NATURE OF GODLY MEDITATION, REGARDED AS A
DISTINCT EXERCISE OF OUR PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY.—We must not
identify th...
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4._Tremble then. _Now he exhorts his enemies to repentance, if
peradventure, their madness was not wholly incorrigible. In the first
place, he bids them _tremble, _or _be troubled_; a word by which he...
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Psalms 4 differs in this respect from Psalms 3, of which we shall see
other examples, that it is not simple confidence, but appeals to
righteousness against the sons of men, who turn all the glory tha...
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STAND IN AWE, AND SIN NOT,.... That is, stand in awe of God, and his
righteous, judgments; be afraid of him, and tremble before him; make
him your fear and your dread, and go on no longer and proceed...
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Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed,
and be still. Selah.
Ver. 4. _Stand in awe, and sin not_] Be stirred, or commoved, or
troubled. Tremble and sin not. But today th...
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_Stand in awe_ Hebrew, רגזו, _rigzu, Tremble_, therefore, and be
afraid, if not of me, yet, at least, of God, who hath engaged himself
in my cause, and will be an adversary to my adversaries. So said...
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EVENING PRAYER OF A CHRISTIAN IN EVERY KIND OF TROUBLE.
David, in his flight before Absalom, had come to Mahanaim, on the east
side of Jordan, 2 Samuel 17:24. He had a number of faithful men with
him,...
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Stand in awe, trembling before the wrath of God, AND SIN NOT,
considering carefully lest they definitely endanger their own
salvation; COMMUNE WITH YOUR OWN HEART UPON YOUR BED, deliberating
when the...
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1-5 Hear me for thy mercy-sake, is our best plea. He who will not ask
such blessings as pardon, and justifying righteousness, and eternal
life, must perish for the want of them. Alas! that so many sh...
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Tremble therefore and be afraid, if not of me, yet at least of God,
who hath engaged himself in my cause or quarrel, and will be an
adversary to my adversaries. Or, _be angry_, as this word is here
re...
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Psalms 4:4 angry H7264 (H8798) sin H2398 (H8799) Meditate H559 (H8798)
heart H3824 bed H4904 still...
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‘Stand in awe and do not sin,
Commune with your own heart on your bed and be still, Selah
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,
And put your trust in YHWH.'
In view of whom they are dealing with t...
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Psalms 4:1. _Hear me, when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou
hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear
my prayer._
Past experience is a sweet solace in the hour of t...
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Psalms 4:1. _Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast
enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my
prayer._
Good men want to be heard when they pray, they are...
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CONTENTS: David's exhortation to others to serve God.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: The godly are chosen, and by distinguished grace set apart
and separated from men, all the longings of the s...
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Psalms 4:3. _Him that is godly._ חסיךְ _chasik,_ merciful. The
literal reading is by far the best, because it designates godliness by
the fruits of piety.
Psalms 4:4. _Stand in awe._ St. Paul here fol...
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_Stand in awe._
AWE OF GOD
All sin is an offence against God, and nothing tends more powerfully
to correct it than worthy thoughts of God, and of our relation to Him.
They who have no habitual though...
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_Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness._
A GENTLE REMONSTRANCE
This Psalm is mainly a gentle, earnest remonstrance with antagonists,
seeking to win them to a better mind. The cry for an answ...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:1. This psalm expresses quiet trust
amid troubling circumstances, combining the categories of individual
lament and confidence....
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:4 BE ANGRY, AND DO NOT SIN. That is, “Even
if you are angry at those who slander you, do not sin by seeking
revenge.” The way to prevent such sin is to PONDER and be silent
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NIGHT THOUGHTS
_Introduction_
“The Psalmist prays God to deliver him from present as from past
distresses (Psalms 4:2).
1. He assures the haters of his regal dignity that God bestowed it,
and will...
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EXPOSITION
AGAIN the psalm has a title, "To the chief Musician on Neginoth. A
Psalm of David;" literally, "to the_ _superintendent or foreman,"
which, in this instance, would be the choir-leader, or ...
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The fourth psalm is to the chief musician on Neginoth. Now Neginoth is
a stringed instrument, and it is mentioned in connection with several
of the Psalms--3, 5, 53, 54, 60, 66, and 75. So it is some...
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2 Corinthians 13:5; Ephesians 4:26; Habakkuk 2:20; Jeremiah 5:22;...
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A PSALM OF SUPPLICATION
Psalms 4:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
1. The prayer of Cornelius. As an introductory to the study of Psalms
4:1, which sets forth a great prayer of David, we thought we would
give s...
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In awe — Be afraid, if not of me, yet of God, who hath engaged in my
cause. Sin not — By prosecuting your rebellion against God's
authority. On your bed — Calmly consider these things in the silent
ni...