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Hawker's Poor man's commentary

Psalms 4:2

We have here an address, and it is a very affectionate one, to the children of men, for despising Jesus and his salvation. Is not this of all sins the grossest, to think slightingly of that which occupied the mind of Jehovah from all eternity?

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 4:2. _O YE SONS OF MEN_] בני איש _beney ish_, ye _powerful_ _men_-ye who are now at the head of affairs, or who are leaders of the multitude. _LOVE VANITY_] The poor, empty, shallow-brai...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    O YE SONS OF MEN - Turning from God to men; from Him in whom he hoped for protection to those who were engaged in persecuting him. We are not, of course, to suppose that they were present with him, bu...

  • 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

    HOW LONG. until when. Ellipsis correctly supplied. LEASING. falsehood. Anglo-Saxon. _leasung_. Mid. Eng.. _lesing._ SELAH. Connecting and contrasting his enemies' acts with his own sure defence. See...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    YE SONS OF MEN— The Hebrew אישׁ בני _benei iish,_ signifies _sons of man;_ which may differ very much from our translation: For, does not the phrase _sons of man_ imply all the human race; all the son...

  • 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

    _O YE SONS OF MEN, HOW LONG WILL YE TURN MY GLORY INTO SHAME? HOW LONG WILL YE LOVE VANITY, AND SEEK AFTER LEASING? SELAH._ (Will ye turn) my glory into shame? - literally, 'How long (shall) my glory...

  • 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

    SONS OF MEN] in contrast with God, who is addressed in v....

  • 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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (2)SONS OF MEN. — A literal rendering of a Hebrew phrase generally interpreted as “men of high degree.” Luther translates “gentlemen” (see Psalms 49:2), where it is “high,” as contrasted with “low.” ...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 4:3]_ בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד ־מֶ֬ה כְבֹודִ֣י...

  • 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....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    O ye (d) sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye (e) love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah. (d) You who think yourselves noble in this world. (e) Though y...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    The God. Hebrew, "When I call, hear me, O God of my justice:" source and witness of my virtue. If I have offended thee, I have done no wrong to my rebellious son and his adherents. Many copies read Cu...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    2._O ye sons of men. _The happy result of the prayer of David was, that resuming courage, he was able not only to repel the fury of his enemies, but also to challenge them on his part, and fearlessly...

  • 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

    O YE SONS OF MEN,.... Meaning great men, the nobles of Israel; and so the Jewish interpreters k generally explain it; such as Ahithophel, and others, who were in the conspiracy with Absalom, 2 Samuel...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after leasing? Selah. Ver. 2. _O ye sons of men_] Ye nobles, Psalms 49:1,2, who think to carr...

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

    _Ye sons of men_ David is considered here by many commentators as addressing not mankind in general, but only _princes, potentates_, and _persons of high degree._ And perhaps, the phrase, _sons of men...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    O ye sons of men, men of prominence as many of them were, HOW LONG WILL YE TURN MY GLORY, the kingly dignity and authority given to him by God, INTO SHAME? HOW LONG WILL YE LOVE VANITY, the deceitful...

  • 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,...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    O YE SONS OF MEN, i.e. princes and potentates, as this Hebrew phrase seems and is thought to signify, who are engaged with Saul or Absalom against me. WILL YE TURN MY GLORY INTO SHAME? or, shall _my g...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 4:2 long H5704 sons H1121 men H376 glory H3519 shame H3639 love H157 (H8799) worthlessness H7385 seek...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘O you sons of men how long will my glory be turned into dishonour? How long will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood?' Selah. This again fits well with David's situation. It was the vanity of...

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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._ Past experience is a sweet solace in the hour of t...

  • 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

    _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 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 Corinthians 1:31; 1 Samuel 12:21; Ecclesiastes 8:11; Ecclesiastes 9:3;...

  • 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

    My glory — By his glory probably he means that honour which God had conferred upon him. Vanity — Wickedness. Lying — Those calumnies which they raised against him, to make him odious to all the people...

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