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Psalm 4
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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The full introduction to Psalms opens beside chapter 1, in the Tyndale commentary.
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To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.
1
2O ye
3But
4Stand in
5
6There be
7Thou hast
8I will
Footnotes
Answer Me When I Call!
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
1Answer me when I call,O God of my righteousness!You have relieved my distress;show me grace and hear my prayer.
2How long, O men, will my honor be maligned?How long will you love vanity and seek after liesfootnote a?Selah 3Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself;the LORD hears when I call to Him.
4Be angry, yet do not sin;footnote bon your bed, search your heart and be still.Selah 5Offer the sacrifices of the righteousand trust in the LORD.
6Many ask, “Who can show us the good?”Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD. 7You have filled my heart with more joythan when grain and new wine abound. 8I will lie down and sleep in peace,for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
Footnotes
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