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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 4:7

Thou hast. — Either “Thou hast put a gladness in my heart more than when their corn and new wine are much,” or, “More than when one has much corn,” &c. The expression is one of pregnant brevity for, “A gladness greater than that when corn and wine are plentiful.”

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See also Psalms 4:7 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 4:7. _THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART_] Thou hast given my soul what it wanted and wished for. I find now a happiness which earthly things could not produce. I have peace of conscienc...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART - Thou hast made me happy, to wit, in the manner specified in Psalms 4:6. Many had sought happiness in other things; he had sought it in the favor of the Lord, and t...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 4 __ 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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GLADNESS. This was true "good". THEIR CORN. See note on Psalms 144:15. WINE. new wine. Hebrew. _tirosh._ App-27....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    MORE THAN IN THE TIME THAT THEIR CORN, &C.— i.e. "My gladness, my joy is as great as the joy of men in a plentiful harvest." The meaning of this verse seems, in the plainest and most obvious sense of...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART, MORE THAN IN THE TIME THAT THEIR CORN AND THEIR WINE INCREASED._ Thou hast put gladness in my heart. Scarcely has he prayed, (Psalms 4:6), "Lord, lift thou up the...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    MORE THAN IN THE TIME] RV 'more than they have when,' etc. 'They' seems to refer to the enemies of the writer. He in his hardships is happier than they in their plenty: the peace of God is better than...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 4:8]_ נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְ לִבִּ֑י מֵ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _The. Houbigant transposes this to ver. 9, which is not necessary. David answers those diffident people, (Berthier) who thought they had received no marks of God's favour, and were in great want of pr...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is not this an immediate answer to prayer? And doth it not prove t h e truth of that sweet promise, Isaiah 65:24 ?...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    7._Thou hast given more joy to my heart. _By another comparison he better expresses and illustrates the strength of his affection, showing that, having obtained the good which he had longed for, he do...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU HAST PUT GLADNESS IN MY HEART,.... The Ethiopic version reads it "into our heart"; in granting the above request; for, nothing so rejoices the hearts of God's people as the light of his countenan...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time [that] their corn and their wine increased. Ver. 7. _Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than, &c._] Joys unspeakable, and full of glory...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou hast put gladness in my heart_ Whatsoever thou shalt do with me for the future, as to my outward distresses and concerns, I have, at present, unspeakable pleasure and full satisfaction in the ma...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou hast put gladness in my heart, causing him to rejoice in the midst of his outward affliction and to await the deliverance of Jehovah with calm trust, MORE THAN IN THE TIME THAT THEIR CORN AND THE...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-8 Wordly people inquire for good, not for the chief good; all they want is outward good, present good, partial good, good meat, good drink, a good trade, and a good estate; but what are all these w...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Whatsoever thou shalt do with me for the future, as to my outward distresses and concernments, I have at present unspeakable pleasure and full satisfaction in the impressions and testimonies of thy lo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 4:7 put H5414 (H8804) gladness H8057 heart H3820 season H6256 grain H1715 wine H8492 increased H7231 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘You have put gladness in my heart, More than those have when their corn and their wine are increased.' The greatest gladness in life in an agricultural society was for the corn and the wine to incre...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 4 I. Everywhere, in the history of the human heart, these two things are found in the hours of our bitter pain: unfathomable desire and want of something more than earth or its love can give, a...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 4:6 I. Look, first, at that which the Psalmist seeks: the light of God's countenance. (1) The first thing which this implies is that we are noticed by the Divine Being. God's countenance at lea...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased._ THANKSGIVING FOR HARVEST 1. The joy in harvest is based on the successful result of labour. Labou...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:1. This psalm expresses quiet trust amid troubling circumstances, combining the categories of individual lament and confidence....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:7 True JOY is not the result of material wealth. Rather, joy comes from knowing the Lord’s presence (v. Psalms 4:6) and peace....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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 ...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Peter 1:8; Isaiah 9:3; Jeremiah 48:33; Judges 9:27; Psalms 37:4;...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    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...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Thou hast — Whatsoever thou shalt do with me for the future, I have at present unspeakable satisfaction in the testimonies of thy love to my soul; more than worldly persons have in the time of a plent...

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