1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer. 2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah 3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him. 4 Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah 5 Offer the sacrifices of the righteous and trust in the LORD. 6 Many ask, “Who can show us the good?” Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD. 7 You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound. 8 I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (8)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 2 Corinthians 1:10; Exodus 34:6–7; Psalm 40:1–3; Psalm 18:18–19; Psalm 119:132
- 2 Proverbs 1:22; Hosea 4:7; Psalm 3:3; Psalm 5:6; Psalm 106:20
- 3 John 15:16; Psalm 34:15; 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14; Psalm 91:14–15; 2 Timothy 2:19
- 4 Ephesians 4:26; Psalm 77:6; Psalm 63:6; Psalm 46:10; Proverbs 3:7
- 5 Hebrews 13:15–16; Psalm 37:3; Psalm 51:19; Deuteronomy 33:19; 1 Peter 4:19
- 6 Psalm 80:19; Numbers 6:26; Psalm 80:7; Psalm 119:135; Psalm 67:1
- 7 Isaiah 9:3; Psalm 63:2–5; Psalm 37:4; Psalm 43:4; Psalm 92:4
- 8 Proverbs 3:24; Psalm 3:5; Job 11:18–19; Psalm 16:8–9; 1 Thessalonians 5:10
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
"Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth." 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.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… the bishop, known to the whole world as among the best of men, Thy devout servant; whose eloquent discourse did at that time strenuously dispense unto Thy people the flour of Thy wheat, the "gladness" of Thy "oil," and the sober intoxication of Thy "wine." To him was I unknowingly led by Thee, that by him I might knowingly be …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
When I called upon Thee, Thou didst hear me, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. Oh that they might have heard what I uttered on these words, without my knowing whether they heard or no, lest they should think that I spake it because …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)
… "Who will show us any good?" But there, where I was angry with myself in my chamber, where I was inwardly pricked, where I had offered my "sacrifice," slaying my old man, and beginning the resolution of a new life, putting my trust in Thee, --there hadst Thou begun to grow sweet unto me, and to "put gladness in my …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)