Psalms 4:5
in Psalms 4Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.
KJV
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord.
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This verse in Psalms 4
Commentary
4 notes on this verseIf you wish to explain what it is to hope in everything, we are going to say that it is nothing other than to become an heir of the kingdom of heaven, to receive comfort, to be called the children of God, to see God, to be satisfied by the righteousness for which one hungers and thirsts, to enjoy his abundant mercy and to live in all the things which the true God and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ promised.
This site's exposition
search your heart and be still
on Psalms 4:4-5
Be angry translates a Hebrew verb for quivering with violent feeling. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown trace it to the Septuagint, the old Greek version, and Ephesians 4:26 carries the same words. The anger goes to the bed, to the heart and to silence, and verse 5 asks for righteous sacrifices and trust in the LORD.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness - Offer righteous sacrifices; that is, sacrifices prompted by right motives, and in accordance with the prescriptions in the law of God. This appears to be addressed also to those who in Psa 4:2 are called “sons of men;” that is, those who were arrayed against the psalmist. According to the common opinion this psalm was composed by David on occasion of his being driven from his throne and kingdom; and, of course, Zion, the ark, and the tabernacle, were in the hands of his enemies.
Provided that the rebels had obeyed the voice of the last verse, they would now be crying, —"What shall we do to be saved?" And in the present verse, they are pointed to the sacrifice, and exhorted to trust in the Lord. When the Jew offered sacrifice righteously, that is, in a spiritual manner, he thereby set forth the Redeemer, the great sin-atoning Lamb; there is, therefore, the full gospel in this exhortation of the Psalmist.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Quake Tremble before the Holy One, blessed be He, and do not sin.
1 more on this passage, in their own words ▾
Offer up sacrifices of righteousness Perform righteous deeds, and it will be as if you are offering up sacrifices.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זִבְח֥וּ | zivchu | sacrifice | H2076 → | 134 times |
| זִבְחֵי־ | zivchei- | sacrifices of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| צֶ֑דֶק | tzedek | righteousness | H6664 → | 119 times |
| וּ֝בִטְח֗וּ | uvitchu | and trust | H982 → | 120 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
זִבְח֥וּsacrifice
zivchuH2076 →134 times
זִבְחֵי־sacrifices of
zivchei-H2077 →162 times
צֶ֑דֶקrighteousness
tzedekH6664 →119 times
וּ֝בִטְח֗וּand trust
uvitchuH982 →120 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 37:3Trust in the LORD and do good; dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Matthew 6:31–33
Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’
- Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
Through
Psalms 62:8Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
it leads to
- Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Lamentations 2:19
Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives…
- Psalms 142:2
I pour out my complaint before Him; I reveal my trouble to Him.
- 1 Samuel 1:15
“No, my lord,” Hannah replied. “I am a woman oppressed in spirit. I have not had any wine or strong drink, but I have poured out my soul before the LORD.
- Philippians 4:6
About Psalms
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Psalms; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Charles Spurgeon, The Treasury of David, Vol. 1; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and Origen of Alexandria, SELECTIONS FROM THE PSALMS 4:5.