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Psalms 4

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Key Verse

Psalms 4:8 BSB

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Outline

  • Have Mercy On Me And Hear My Prayer (v1)
  • The Lord Will Hear When I Call To Him (v2-3)
  • Be Angry And Do Not Sin, Trust In The Lord (v4-5)
  • You Alone O Lord Make Me Dwell In Safety (v6-8)

Context

  • Written by David
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Written 1040 B.C. – 970 B.C.
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 8 verses · 170 words

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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 lies?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;b

on your bed, search your heart and be still.

Selah

5Offer the sacrifices of the righteous

and 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 joy

than when grain and new wine abound.

8I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

  1. a 4:2 Or false gods
  2. b 4:4 Or In your anger do not sin or Tremble and do not sin; cited in Ephesians 4:26
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