To the chief musician on neginoth, a psalm of David
4:Title Neginoth means “stringed instruments”.⚜
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📚Hear me when I call,O God of my righteousness.
You have given me relief
when I was in distress.
Have mercy on me,
and hear my prayer 📖.
2 📚O you sons of men,
how long will you turn
my glory into shame 📖?
How long will you love
emptiness,
and seek a lie 📖? Selah
3 📚But know that the LORD has
set apart for himself the one
who is godly.
The LORD will hear 📖 when
I call to him.
4:3 Everywhere in the earth the God of the Bible has individuals who are His special people. They are His treasure, the object of His great grace and love (Ex 19:5; Titus 2:14; 1 Pet 2:9).⚜
4 📚Tremble 📖, and do not sin.
Commune in your heart
on your bed,
and be still. Selah
5 📚Offer the sacrifices of righteousness 📖,
and put your trust 📖 in the LORD.
4:5 He is still speaking about getting answers to prayer in times of need and distress.⚜
6 📚There are many who say,
“Who will show us any good?”
LORD, lift up the light of your
countenance 📖 on us.
7 📚You have put 📖 gladness
in my heart,
more than in the time
that their grain and
their wine increased.
8 📚I will both lie down in peace,
and sleep;
for you alone, O LORD,
cause me to dwell
in safety.
4:1-8 David first speaks to God (v 1), then to men (vs 2-5), then again to God. Though he is surrounded by those who express unbelief and despair (v 6), he is confident he will be heard because he has experienced many past mercies. He uses various means to turn the ungodly to God, methods we will do well to follow – pointing out their error (v 2), speaking of answered prayer (v 3), exhorting (vs 4,5), testifying (vs 7,8).⚜