the Week of Proper 22 / Ordinary 27
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Psalms 4:2
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O sons of men, how long will my glory become a reproach?How long will you love what is worthless and seek falsehood? Selah.
O sons of men, how long will my honor become a reproach? How long will you love what is worthless and aim at deception? Selah.
O ye sonnes of men, how long [wyll ye go about to bryng] my glory to confusion? ye loue vanitie, ye seeke after lyes. Selah.
Ye sons of men, till when is my glory [to be put] to shame? [How long] will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.
How long, O you sons of men, Will you turn my glory to shame? How long will you love worthlessness And seek falsehood?Selah
O sons of men, until when shall My glory be for a reproach? Will you love vanity? Will you run after a lie? Selah.
Men, how long will you try to dishonor me? Do you enjoy wasting your time searching for new lies against me? Selah
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
O ye sonnes of men, how long will yee turne my glory into shame? how long will yee loue vanitie, and seeke after leasing? Selah.
O ye sonnes off men: how longe will ye blaspheme myne honoure? why haue ye soch pleasure in vanyte, & seke after lyes?
You rabble—how long do I put up with your scorn? How long will you lust after lies? How long will you live crazed by illusion?
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah
O you sons of men, how long will you go on turning my glory into shame? how long will you give your love to foolish things, going after what is false? (Selah.)
O you sons of a man, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? [How long] will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
O ye sons of men, how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? [how long] will ye love vanity, [and] seek after falsehood? Selah.
You men, how long will you try to turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is worthless and search for what is deceptive? (Selah)
How long will you people refuse to respect me? You love foolish things, and you run after what is worthless.
O God, my vindicator! Answer me when I call! When I was distressed, you set me free; now have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
O ye sonnes of men, howe long will yee turne my glory into shame, louing vanitie, and seeking lyes? Selah.
Men, how long will you obscure my glory? how long will you love vanity? do you want deception forever?
O sons of men, how long will my honor and glory be [turned into] shame? How long will you [my enemies] love worthless (vain, futile) things and seek deception and lies? Selah.
You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.
How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies? Interlude
O sons of men, how long will you turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is of no use, and run after lies?
O ye sons on men, how long will ye be slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.
O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonour? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? Selah
How long, you people, shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? Selah
Ye sons of the great! how long, turning my glory to contempt, will ye love emptiness, will ye seek falsehood? Selah.
(4-3) O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?
O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? How long will you love vanity? How long will you seek lies? Selah
O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame? How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
You sons of man, how long will my honor be treated as an insult? How long will you love what is worthless and strive for a lie? Selah
People, how long will you turn my honor into shame? How long will you love what is false and look for new lies? Selah
How long will you people insult me? How long will you love what is worthless and go after what is false?
How long, exalted men, will my honor be insulted? How long will you love what is worthless and pursue a lie?
Haue thou mercy on me; and here thou my preier. Sones of men, hou long ben ye of heuy herte? whi louen ye vanite, and seken a leesyng?
Sons of men! till when [is] my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.
O men, how long shall my honor suffer shame? How long will you love vain words, and seek after lies? [Selah]
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
O: Psalms 57:4, Psalms 58:1, Ecclesiastes 8:11, Ecclesiastes 9:3
how: Psalms 72:2, Exodus 10:3, Numbers 14:11, Proverbs 1:22
my glory: Psalms 3:3, Psalms 14:6, Psalms 106:20, Isaiah 20:5, Isaiah 45:17, Jeremiah 2:11, Hosea 4:7, 1 Corinthians 1:31
love: Psalms 2:1, 1 Samuel 12:21, Isaiah 59:4, Jeremiah 2:5, Jonah 2:8
leasing: Psalms 5:6, Psalms 58:3, Psalms 63:11, Jeremiah 9:3, Ephesians 4:25
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 2:26 - how long 2 Samuel 16:8 - the blood 2 Kings 18:19 - What confidence 2 Kings 18:30 - make you Job 31:5 - walked Psalms 3:2 - Selah Psalms 8:4 - son Psalms 62:3 - How Psalms 62:7 - glory Isaiah 36:15 - General Isaiah 60:19 - thy God Jeremiah 23:26 - How Micah 7:7 - my God Luke 23:35 - derided Acts 24:9 - General
Cross-References
Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
And Adam knew his wife again; and she bare a son, and called his name Seth: For God, said she, hath appointed me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
And to Seth, to him also there was born a son; and he called his name Enos: then began men to call upon the name of the Lord .
And Noah began to be an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard:
And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord : and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
And the Lord took me as I followed the flock, and the Lord said unto me, Go, prophesy unto my people Israel.
From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
O ye sons of men,.... Meaning great men, the nobles of Israel; and so the Jewish interpreters k generally explain it; such as Ahithophel, and others, who were in the conspiracy with Absalom,
2 Samuel 15:12: and so they were the kings and princes of the earth, and the rulers of the Jewish sanhedrim, the chief priests and elders, who were the enemies of Christ; and such, generally speaking, have been the persecutors of the saints; these men of power and authority, of dignity and honour, and who were in high places, and boasted of their titles and grandeur, the psalmist addresses by way of expostulation in the following words;
how long [will ye turn] my glory into shame? Meaning either God, who was his glory, Psalms 3:3; whom they reproached when they said there was no help for him in him; or his tongue, the instrument of praise, and the songs of praise he expressed by it, Psalms 7:8; which they jeered and scoffed at: or rather his royal glory and majesty, which they attempted to vail by casting him down from his excellency, by dethroning him, and setting up Absalom in his room. So the Jews endeavoured to turn the glory of Christ into shame, which lay in his being the only begotten of the Father; by denying his sonship, by condemning him to death; because he said he was the Son of God; and by mocking at him under that character on the cross; and also by their spitting upon, buffeting, and crucifying the Lord of glory; by reproaching his Gospel, ministers, and people; and by not acknowledging him as the Messiah, and submitting to his righteousness. And wicked men do as much as in them lies to turn the glory of the saints into shame, by aspersing their character, taking away their good name and reputation among men; by reproaching and reviling them, and speaking all manner of evil of them; and by persecuting them in the most violent manner;
[how long] will ye love vanity; or "a vain thing" l. Such as the placing of Absalom upon the throne, on which their hearts were set; and such was the vain imagination of the Jews, with which they pleased themselves, that Jesus should die, and his name perish; and such are all the attempts of wicked men to ruin and destroy the people and interest of Christ; for no weapon formed against them shall prosper;
[and] seek after leasing? Or "a lie" m; or that which fails and deceives, as a lie does: and such were all the counsels and designs of the great men of Israel against David: and so the Jews may be said to seek after a lie, when they seek after another Messiah besides Jesus of Nazareth: for every other proves a "Bar Cozbi", that is, the son of a lie; as the false Messiah in Adrian's time was called by themselves. And so do all such as seek after and embrace false doctrines, errors, and heresies, and are given up to believe them. Now the psalmist suggests that these great men were obstinate, and continued in these sinful practices; and that in the issue all their efforts would be vain and fruitless; and which he further strengthens by observing to them what follows.
Selah; on this word, Psalms 7:8- :.
k Jarchi, Aben Ezra, Kimchi, Ben Melech in loc. l ריק "inane", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Cocceius "inanem rem", Piscator. m כזב "mendacium", Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
O 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 whom he had just made his solemn appeal. God was holy, true, and just, and he might appeal to Him; they were ambitious and wicked, and from them he had nothing to hope. He looked upon God as righteous altogether; he looked upon them as altogether depraved and wicked. God he regarded as his just Protector; them he regarded as seeking only to wrong and crush him.
How long - The phrase used here might refer either to “time” or to “extent.” How long in regard to “time,” - or to what “degree” or “extent” will you thus persecute me? The former, however, seems to be the true signification.
Will ye turn my glory into shame - My honor, or what becomes my rank and station. If this refers to the rebellion in the time of Absalom, the allusion is to the fact that his enemies were endeavoring to rob him of his scepter and his crown, and to reduce him to the lowest condition of beggary and want; and he asks with earnestness how long they intended to do him so great injustice and wrong.
Will ye love vanity - Compare the notes at Psalms 2:1. That is, how long will you act as if you were in love with a vain and impracticable thing; a thing which “must” be hopeless in the end. The idea is, that God had chosen him, and anointed him, and had determined that he should be king Psalms 4:3, and therefore, that their efforts “must be” ultimately unsuccessful. The object at which they were aiming could not be accomplished, and he asks how long they would thus engage in what must, from the nature of the case, be fruitless.
And seek after leasing - The word “leasing” is the Old English word for “lie.” The idea here is, that they were pursuing a course which would yet prove to be a delusion - the hope of overturning his throne. The same question, in other respects, may be asked now. Men are seeking that which cannot be accomplished, and are acting under the influence of a lie. What else are the promises of permanent happiness in the pursuits of pleasure and ambition? What else are their attempts to overthrow religion and virtue in the world?
Selah - See the notes at Psalms 3:2.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 4:2. O ye sons of men — בני איש 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 [Anglo-Saxon], falsehood, from [A.S.], to lie. Cardmarden has adopted this word in his translation, Rouen, 1566. It is in none of the Bibles previously to that time, nor in any after, as far as my own collection affords me evidence; and appears to have been borrowed by King James's translators from the above.
Selah. — Mark this! See what the end will be!
