The Safety of the Faithful
To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
You have relieved me in my distress;
1Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah
The Lord will hear when I call to Him.
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Psalms 4:2
O ye sons of men - beney ish , ye powerful men - ye who are now at the head of affairs, or who are leaders of the multitude.
Love vanity - The poor, empty, shallow-brained, pretty-faced Absalom; whose prospects are all vain, and whose promises are all empty!
Seek after leasing? - This is a Saxon word, from falsehood, from to lie. Cardmarden has adopted this word in his translation, Rouen, 1566. It is in none of the Bibles previously to that time, nor in any after, as far as my own collection affords me evidence; and appears to have been borrowed by King James' s translators from the above.
Selah - Mark this! See what the end will be!
| << Psalms 4:1 | Psalms 4:3 >> |
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