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King James Version

Psalms 4:5

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord .

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Thompson Chain Reference - Righteousness;   Sacrifices;   The Topic Concordance - Sacrifice;   Trust;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Righteousness;   Sacrifices;   Trust;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Neginoth;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Psalms, book of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Commentary;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Absalom;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Faith;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Neginah;   Psalms, Book of;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Metals;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

Legacy Standard Bible
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,And trust in Yahweh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the Lord .
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Offer the sacrifice of righteousnesse: and put your trust in God.
Darby Translation
Offer sacrifices of righteousness, and confide in Jehovah.
New King James Version
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in the LORD.
Literal Translation
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and trust in Jehovah.
Easy-to-Read Version
Give the right sacrifices to the Lord , and put your trust in him!
World English Bible
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in Yahweh.
King James Version (1611)
Offer the sacrifices of righteousnesse, and put your trust in the Lord.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Sela. Offre ye sacrifice of rightuousnes, & put yor trust in ye LORDE.
American Standard Version
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Jehovah.
Bible in Basic English
Give the offerings of righteousness, and put your faith in the Lord.
Update Bible Version
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And put your trust in Yahweh.
Webster's Bible Translation
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
New English Translation
Offer the prescribed sacrifices and trust in the Lord !
Contemporary English Version
Offer the proper sacrifices and trust the Lord .
Complete Jewish Bible
You can be angry, but do not sin! Think about this as you lie in bed, and calm down. (Selah)
Geneva Bible (1587)
Offer the sacrifices of righteousnes, and trust in the Lorde.
George Lamsa Translation
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and put your trust in the LORD.
Amplified Bible
Offer righteous sacrifices; Trust [confidently] in the LORD.
Hebrew Names Version
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness. Put your trust in the LORD.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah
New Living Translation
Offer sacrifices in the right spirit, and trust the Lord .
New Life Bible
Give the gifts that are right and good, and trust in the Lord.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Offer the sacrifice of righteousness, and trust in the Lord.
English Revised Version
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness and trust in the LORD.
New Revised Standard
Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord .
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Sacrifice the sacrifices of righteousness; and put your trust in Yahweh.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(4-6) Offer up the sacrifice of justice, and trust in the Lord: many say, Who sheweth us good things?
Lexham English Bible
Offer correct sacrifices, and trust in Yahweh.
English Standard Version
Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the Lord .
New American Standard Bible
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, And trust in the LORD.
New Century Version
Do what is right as a sacrifice to the Lord and trust the Lord .
Good News Translation
Offer the right sacrifices to the Lord , and put your trust in him.
Christian Standard Bible®
Offer sacrifices in righteousness and trust in the Lord .
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sacrifie ye `the sacrifice of riytfulnesse, and hope ye in the Lord; many seien, Who schewide goodis to vs?
Young's Literal Translation
Sacrifice ye sacrifices of righteousness, And trust ye unto Jehovah.
Revised Standard Version
Offer right sacrifices, and put your trust in the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah. 3 But know that the Lord hath set apart him that is godly for himself: the Lord will hear when I call unto him. 4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah. 5 Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Offer: Psalms 50:14, Psalms 51:19, Deuteronomy 33:19, 2 Samuel 15:12, Isaiah 1:11-18, Isaiah 61:8, Malachi 1:8, Malachi 1:11-14, Matthew 5:23, Matthew 5:23, Hebrews 13:15, Hebrews 13:16

put: Psalms 2:12, Psalms 26:1, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 62:8, Psalms 84:11, Psalms 84:12, Isaiah 26:3, Isaiah 26:4, Isaiah 50:10, 1 Peter 4:19

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:166 - and done Malachi 3:3 - an

Cross-References

Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground.
Genesis 4:11
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receive thy brother's blood from thy hand;
Genesis 31:2
And Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban, and, behold, it was not toward him as before.
Genesis 31:5
And said unto them, I see your father's countenance, that it is not toward me as before; but the God of my father hath been with me.
Numbers 16:15
And Moses was very wroth, and said unto the Lord , Respect not thou their offering: I have not taken one ass from them, neither have I hurt one of them.
Job 5:2
For wrath killeth the foolish man, and envy slayeth the silly one.
Psalms 20:3
Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Matthew 20:15
Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
Acts 13:45
But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
Hebrews 11:4
By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,.... Offer for sacrifice things righteously gotten, for the Lord hates robbery for burnt offering, Isaiah 61:8. Some respect may be had to the unrighteous acquisitions of Absalom and his men, and who were now in possession of Jerusalem, and of the altars of the Lord, and were sacrificing on them; in which they gloried; and to which this may be opposed. Likewise sacrifices of righteousness are such as were according to the law, and were offered in a right manner; which were not maimed, nor had any blemish in them; see Malachi 1:13; and particularly such as were offered up in the faith of the great sacrifice, Christ; for, without faith, it is impossible to please God by any sacrifice. And this sense is confirmed by the following clause, which requires trust in the Lord. Moreover, righteousness, with the Jews, signifies alms, beneficence, showing mercy to the indigent; and acts of liberality are sacrifices, with which God is well pleased; and which are preferred by him to the sacrifices of the ceremonial law, Hebrews 13:16. The sacrifices also of a broken heart, and of a contrite spirit, are such as God esteems of; he looks to those that have them, and dwells with them. And to this sense the Chaldee paraphrase inclines, in which the words are thus paraphrased;

"subdue your corruptions, and it shall be reckoned to you as a sacrifice of righteousness?''

and why may not the sacrifice of praise for mercies received, especially for the righteousness of Christ, be at least included, if not principally designed; since these are sacrifices which, under the ceremonial law, were more pleasing to God than others; and are always acceptable to him through Jesus Christ our Lord? Agreeably to this, Aben Ezra thinks the peace offerings are intended, which were in a way of thanksgiving; and are opposed to sin offerings, and trespass offerings, and burnt offerings; from the last of which sacrifices of righteousness are distinguished in Psalms 51:19;

and put your trust in the Lord: not in your strength, in horses and chariots, and numbers of men; nor in wise counsels, nor in riches, nor in fleshly privileges, nor in works of righteousness, or sacrifices of righteousness: for though they are to be performed, they are not to be trusted in; nor in your own hearts. And while the psalmist is striking at the false confidence of the sons of men he is addressing, he may at the same time be thought to be encouraging those that were with him to trust in the Lord, Jehovah, the Son of God, before spoken of by him as the object of trust, Psalms 2:12; to trust in his person for the acceptance of their persons and sacrifices of righteousness; and in his righteousness for justification; in his blood for pardon; in his sacrifice for expiation of sin; in his fulness for daily supplies; and in his power for protection and safety. And it is right to trust in him at all times; in times of affliction, temptation, and desertion: he is always the same; in him is everlasting strength; he has an heart as well as an ability to help and succour, and none ever trusted in him and were confounded. Such have peace and safety, and can want no good thing.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 Psalms 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. The exhortation here may be, either that, as his enemies were now in possession of the usual seat of public worship, they would conduct the worship of God by keeping up the regular daily sacrifice; or, more probably, it means that in view of their sins, particularly in this rebellion, and as the result of the calm reflection to which he had exhorted them in Psalms 4:4, they should now manifest their repentance, and their purpose to turn to God, by presenting to him an appropriate sacrifice. They were sinners. They were engaged in an unholy cause. He exhorts them to pause, to reflect, to turn to God, and to bring a sacrifice for their sins, that their guilt might be blotted out.

And put your trust in the Lord - That is, turn from your evil ways, and confide in God in all his arrangements, and submit to him. Compare Psalms 2:12.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 4:5. Offer the sacrifices of righteousness — Do not attempt to offer a sacrifice to God for prosperity in your present rebellious conduct. Such a sacrifice would be a sin. Turn to God from whom you have revolted; and offer to him a righteous sacrifice, such as the law prescribes, and such as he can receive. Let all hear and consider this saying. No sacrifice - no performance of religious duty, will avail any man, if his heart be not right with God. And let all know, that under the Gospel dispensation no sacrifice of any kind will be received but through the all-atoning sacrifice made by Christ.

Because of sin, justice has stopped every man's mouth; so that none can have access to God, but through the Mediator. By him only can the mouth of a sinner be opened to plead with God. Hear this, ye who trust in yourselves, and hope for heaven without either faith or dependence on the vicarious sacrifice of Christ.


 
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