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Psalm 4

Psa. 4:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Stand in awe
ragaz (Hebrew #7264)
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
KJV usage: be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.
Pronounce: raw-gaz'
Origin: a primitive root
, and sin
chata' (Hebrew #2398)
properly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, (causatively) lead astray, condemn
KJV usage: bear the blame, cleanse, commit (sin), by fault, harm he hath done, loss, miss, (make) offend(-er), offer for sin, purge, purify (self), make reconciliation, (cause, make) sin(-ful, -ness), trespass.
Pronounce: khaw-taw'
Origin: a primitive root
not: commune
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
with your own heart
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
upon your bed
mishkab (Hebrew #4904)
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
KJV usage: bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.
Pronounce: mish-kawb'
Origin: from 7901
, and be still
damam (Hebrew #1826)
to be dumb; by implication, to be astonished, to stop; also to perish
KJV usage: cease, be cut down (off), forbear, hold peace, quiet self, rest, be silent, keep (put to) silence, be (stand) still, tarry, wait.
Pronounce: daw-man'
Origin: a prim root (compare 1724, 1820)
. Selah
celah (Hebrew #5542)
suspension (of music), i.e. pause
KJV usage: Selah.
Pronounce: seh'-law
Origin: from 5541
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Bed; Bedstead,
Heart,
Selah,
Sin

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Stand.
Psa. 2:11• 11Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Psa. 2:11)
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Psa. 33:8• 8Let all the earth fear Jehovah; let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. (Psa. 33:8)
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Psa. 119:161• 161SHIN. Princes have persecuted me without a cause; but my heart standeth in awe of thy word. (Psa. 119:161)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
sin.
Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said, Lo, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Prov. 3:7• 7Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear Jehovah, and depart from evil: (Prov. 3:7)
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Prov. 16:6,17• 6By loving-kindness and truth iniquity is atoned for; and by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.
 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul. (Prov. 16:6,17)
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Eph. 4:26• 26Be angry, and do not sin; let not the sun set upon your wrath, (Eph. 4:26)
commune.
Psa. 63:6• 6When I remember thee upon my bed, I meditate on thee in the night-watches: (Psa. 63:6)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I remember my song in the night; I muse in mine own heart, and my spirit maketh diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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2 Cor. 13:5• 5examine your own selves if ye be in the faith; prove your own selves: do ye not recognise yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you, unless indeed ye be reprobates? (2 Cor. 13:5)
be still.
Psa. 46:10• 10Be still, and know that I am God: I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10)
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Hab. 2:20• 20But Jehovah is in his holy temple. Let all the earth keep silence before him! (Hab. 2:20)
Selah.
Psa. 3:2,4• 2Many say of my soul, There is no salvation for him in God. Selah.
 4With my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah. (Psa. 3:2,4)
• The eye is then fixed on Him across all the trouble. And so it is here: Commune with your own heart and be still; worship God in integrity, without fear, and trust in Him. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 1-4” by J.N. Darby)
• Let them tremble before a righteous God and forsake their sins. Let the loneliness of the night watches be an occasion for self-judgment. (“Psalms 4” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Be moved with angerd, and sin not; meditate in your own hearts upon your bed, and be still. Selah.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "tremble."