Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 4:3
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is (f) godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
(f) A king who walks in his vocation.
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is (f) godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him.
(f) A king who walks in his vocation.
Verse Psalms 4:3. _THE LORD HATH SET APART HIM THAT IS GODLY_] חסיד _chasid_, the pious, benevolent man. He has marked such, and put them aside as his own property. "This merciful man, this feeling, t...
BUT KNOW - This is addressed to those whom, in the previous verse, he had called the “sons of men;” that is, his foes. This is designed to show them that their opposition to him must be vain, since Go...
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)...
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...
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. SET APART. All depended on Jehovah's favour (Numbers 14:8). Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "hath given distinction to". HIM THAT IS GODLY: i.e.....
HIM THAT IS GODLY— The word חסיד _chasid_ in the original commonly signifies a pious, or charitable and beneficent person: but when it is spoken of man with reference to God, it denotes one that has r...
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...
_BUT KNOW THAT THE LORD HATH SET APART HIM THAT IS GODLY FOR HIMSELF: THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL UNTO HIM._ Hath set apart, х_ HIPLAAH_ (H6395)] - cf. Exodus 33:16, "separated ... from all the pe...
4:3 pious (c-9) _ Chasid_ , an adjective used of man and of God; it is translated 'holy,' 'pious,' 'saint,' 'gracious.' _ Chesed_ is the noun meaning 'piety' and recognition of God on man's part, and...
BUTKNOW] introduces the truth which the Psalmist's enemies ignored....
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...
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...
BUT KNOW. — It is the privilege of true and heroic natures to rise to a consciousness of their strength and dignity in the hour of peril, and when the victims of unjust persecution. Besides his innate...
_[Psalms 4:4]_ וּ דְע֗וּ כִּֽי ־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה...
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...
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...
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....
O. This is a sort of manifesto to the rebels; and an invitation for them to return to their duty, desisting from setting up a false king, or a lie. (Haydock) --- Dull. Hebrew, "my glory to shame." But...
What a beautiful view have we in this verse in reference to the person of Jesus, the Father's beloved, the Father's holy one, the Father's only one, in whom his soul delighteth. Yes! God the Father wi...
3._Know that Jehovah hath set apart, etc _This is a confirmation of the preceding verse, for it shows that the cause of David’s boldness consisted in this, that he depended upon God, the founder of hi...
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...
BUT KNOW,.... Take notice of it, consider it, be assured of the truth, of it; it may be depended upon as fact, THAT THE LORD HATH SET APART HIM THAT IS GODLY FOR HIMSELF: which may be understood of D...
But know that the LORD hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD will hear when I call unto him. Ver. 3. _But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly_] _Quod separatum asseru...
_Know that the Lord_ Hebrew, Jehovah, the supreme, the everlasting God, whose favour is an infinite blessing, and whose wrath is a boundless evil; _hath set apart_ Hath chosen; _to himself_ And taken...
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,...
But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself; He had, in a wonderful manner, selected David, and elevated him to the royal dignity. THE LORD WILL HEAR WHEN I CALL UNTO HIM; this...
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...
BUT KNOW THAT you fight not against me, but against the Lord. HATH SET APART; or, _hath wonderfully separated me_; hath rejected the other royal person and family, and hath called me by name, and chos...
Psalms 4:3 know H3045 (H8798) LORD H3068 apart H6395 (H8689) godly H2623 LORD H3068 hear H8085 ...
‘But know that YHWH has set apart him who is godly for himself? YHWH will hear when I call to him.' Compare Psalms 3:3. He warns his opponents that God has set him apart specially. He is the anointed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_Him that is godly._ THE GODLY MAN “The godly.” They are evidently a distinguished, a peculiar people. They have undergone a process of change. There may be a very exalted scale of morals observed b...
_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...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:1. This psalm expresses quiet trust amid troubling circumstances, combining the categories of individual lament and confidence....
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 4:3 SET APART. God gives his special attention and affection to a person or a people in order to distinguish them. The Hebrew word for THE GODLY is related to the Hebrew word for...
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...
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 ...
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...
1 Peter 2:9; 2 Peter 2:9; 2 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:14;...
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...
Godly — Me, whom, though you traduce as an hypocrite, God hath pronounced to he a man after his own heart, 1 Samuel 13:14. For himself — In his stead, or to be his vicegerent, as all kings are, and es...