Psalms 4:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. ”

Psalms 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 rend...
Psalms 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(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.
Psalms 4:4 - 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...
Psalms 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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.
Psalms 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 b...
Psalms 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. Stand in awe, and sin not - The Septuagint, which is copied by St. Paul, Ephesians 4:26 , translate this cl...
Psalms 4:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Stand in awe, &c.— The LXX, Vulgate, Syriac, Ethiopian, and Arabic, render it, Be ye angry, &c.
Psalms 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 4:4 - 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...
Psalms 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 h...
Psalms 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 4:1-8 Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 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 (...
Psalms 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Morning and Evening Prayers Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1-23 . It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep whe...
Psalms 4:4 - 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...
Psalms 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 hi...
Psalms 4:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

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 ident...
Psalms 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 proce...
Psalms 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Psalms 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulation with Sinners. To the chief musician on Neginoth. A psalm of David. 1 Hear me when I call, O God of my...
Psalms 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 r...
Psalms 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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...
Psalms 4:4 - 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 w...
Psalms 4:4 - 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 giv...
Psalms 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 o...
Psalms 4:4 - 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 he...
Psalms 4:4 - 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...
Psalms 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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-lead...
Psalms 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 17:24-26 . He had a number of faithful men...
Psalms 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 13:5 ; Ephesians 4:26 ; Habakkuk 2:20 ; Jeremiah 5:22 ; Job 28:28 ; Proverbs 16:17 ; Proverbs 16:6 ; Proverbs 3:7 ; Psalms 119:161 ; Psalms 2:11 ; Psalms 3:2 ; Psalms 3:4 ;...
Psalms 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

A Psalm of Supplication Psalms 4:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. The prayer of Cornelius. As an introductory to the study of Psalms 4:1-8 , which sets forth a great prayer of David, we thought we w...
Psalms 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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...

Psalms 4:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 4:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 4:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 4:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 4:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 4:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 4:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 4:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 4:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 4:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 4:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes