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Psalms 4:8 — King James Version← Study notes

I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.


Psalms 4:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 4:87 words
HebrewMeaning
נָתַ֣תָּהnātatāh
you have putverbH5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
שִׂמְחָ֣הśiməḥāh
joynounH8057
exceeding · joy · mirth · pleasure ···
בְ/לִבִּ֑/יbəlibiy
in heart mypronH3820
care for · consent · considered · courag ···
מֵ/עֵ֬תmēʿēt
more than a timepronH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
דְּגָנָ֖/םdəgānām
when grain theirnounH1715
wheat
וְ/תִֽירוֹשָׁ֣/םwətiyrwōšām
and new wine theirconjH8492
sweet) wine
רָֽבּוּrābw
they aboundverbH7231
be many · be more · multiply · ten thousands
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 4:8

To the end, a psalm song to David. 1. “Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believes.” Romans 10:4 For this “end” signifies perfection, not consumption. Now it may be a question, whether every Song be a Psalm, or rather every Psalm a Song; whether there are some Songs which cannot be called Psalms, and some Psalms which cannot be called Songs. But the Scripture must be attended to, if haply “Song” do not denote a joyful theme. But those are called…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 4 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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