Psalms 4:2

Psalms 4:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.
• New International Version (NIV)How long will you people turn my glory into shame? How long will you love delusions and seek false gods?
• English Standard Version (ESV)O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
• New King James Version (NKJV)How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood? Selah

Context of Psalms 4:2

1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer. How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? 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; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

Psalms 4:2 word by word

בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• How longעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• How longמָהmâh mah mâ ma meh · what?H4100
• O menבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• O menאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• will my honorכָּבוֹדkâbôd kâbôd · gloryH3519
• be malignedכְּלִמָּהkelimmâh · shameH3639
• How long will you loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• vanityרִיקrîyq · vainH7385
• and seek afterבָּקַשׁbâqash · to seekH1245
• liesכָּזָבkâzâb · lieH3577
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 4:2

• Psalms 57:4My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
• Psalms 58:1Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
• Ecclesiastes 8:11When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
• Ecclesiastes 9:3This is an evil in everything that is done under the sun: There is one fate for everyone. Furthermore, the hearts of men are full of evil and madness while they are alive, and afterward they join the dead.
• Psalms 72:2May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
• Exodus 10:3So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
• Numbers 14:11And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
• Proverbs 1:22“How long, O simple ones, will you love your simple ways? How long will scoffers delight in their scorn and fools hate knowledge?
• Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
• Psalms 14:6You sinners frustrate the plans of the oppressed, yet the LORD is their shelter.
• Psalms 106:20They exchanged their Glory for the image of a grass-eating ox.
• Isaiah 20:5Those who made Cush their hope and Egypt their boast will be dismayed and ashamed.
• Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
• Jeremiah 2:11Has a nation ever changed its gods? (Yet they are not gods at all.) But My people have exchanged their Glory for useless idols.
• Hosea 4:7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
• 1 Corinthians 1:31Therefore, as it is written: “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

Commentaries on Psalms 4:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O ye sons of men - איש בני 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…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2O ye sons of men - Turning from God to men; from Him in whom he hoped for protection to those who were engaged in persecuting him. We are not, of course, to suppose that they were present with him, but this is an earnest, poetic remonstrance, “as if” they were with him. The reference is doubtless to Absalom and his followers; and he calls them “sons of men,” as having human feelings, passions, and purposes, in strong distinction from that righteous God to…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2The opponents of those who follow God rely on false beliefs, deceit, and idol worship. my honor (or my glory): The psalmist's honor, or possibly the Lord's, is being challenged.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. sons of men--men of note or prominence (compare 2Ch 21:9). turn my glory--or, "royal dignity." into shame--or, "reproach." vanity--a foolish and hopeless enterprise (Psa 2:1). leasing--a lie.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 4:2

• Leasing
• Malice
• Vanity

In the dictionaries

• Apart
• Awe
• Commune
• Lay
• Leasing
• Light
• Neginoth
• Stand
• Apocalyptic Literature
• Glory

Commentaries on Psalms 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings