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Psalm 4:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 4:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 How long[a] will you people turn my glory into shame,
cherishing what is worthless and pursuing what is false? Selah
4 Remember that the Lord wonderfully favors those who are faithful,[b]
and the Lord listens when I call out to him.
5 [c]When you are angry, be careful not to sin;
reflect in silence
as you lie upon your beds. Selah
Footnotes
- Psalm 4:3 How long . . . ?: see note on Ps 6:4.
- Psalm 4:4 Those who are faithful: one of several words (sometimes translated as “saints”) for the People of God, who should be faithful to him (see Pss 12:2; 31:24; 32:6; 34:10). See also notes on Pss 16:3; 34:10.
- Psalm 4:5 One must fear to offend God but rather pray to him in the calm and silence of adoration. When you are angry be careful not to sin: these words are cited by Paul in Eph 4:26 with the sense that if anger takes hold of you, let it not lead you to act evilly—for there is such a thing as righteous anger (see Mk 3:5). Beds: can refer to the spot where one prostrated oneself to pray (see Ps 95:6; Sir 50:17), which is also suggested by the presence of the term Selah, or pause.
