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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 the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. (Psa. 2:11)
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Psa. 33:8• 8Let all the earth fear the Lord: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. (Psa. 33:8)
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Psa. 119:161• 161SCHIN. 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• 22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
sin.
Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said, Behold, 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 the Lord, and depart from evil. (Prov. 3:7)
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Prov. 16:6,17• 6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
 17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that keepeth his way preserveth his soul. (Prov. 16:6,17)
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Eph. 4:26• 26Be ye angry, and sin not: let not the sun go down upon your wrath: (Eph. 4:26)
commune.
Psa. 63:6• 6When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches. (Psa. 63:6)
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Psa. 77:6• 6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search. (Psa. 77:6)
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2 Cor. 13:5• 5Examine yourselves, whether ye be in the faith; prove your own selves. Know ye not your own selves, how that Jesus Christ is in you, except 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 heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psa. 46:10)
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Hab. 2:20• 20But the Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him. (Hab. 2:20)
Selah.
Psa. 3:2,4• 2Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
 4I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. 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."