Psalm 4:7

Translations

Modern

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Traditional

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.

Literal

You have put joy in my heart, more than the time when their grain and their new wine have increased.

Latin

A fructu frumenti, vini, et olei sui, multiplicati sunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Notes

Psalms 4:1–8

This personal lament includes:

a prayer for rescue (Psalm 4:1)
a rebuke of the enemy (Psalm 4:2–3)
advice to the faithful (Psalm 4:4–5)
a statement of confidence (Psalm 4:6–8)

Psalms 3:1–7:17

This group of psalms moves from an orderly world to a troubled one. Psalms 1–2 describe stability. The righteous person is blessed, and the Lord’s anointed king rules with authority.

In the psalms that follow, the tone changes. The Lord’s anointed cries out for help. He faces enemies, strong opposition, and evil plans.

It even seems at times that the Lord is far away. The psalmist feels confusion and distress instead of confidence and calm.

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Isaiah 9:3
You have enlarged the nation and increased its joy. The people rejoice before You as they rejoice at harvest time, as men rejoice in dividing the plunder.
Psalm 63:2–5
So I have seen You in the sanctuary and beheld Your power and glory.
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
Psalm 37:4
Delight yourself in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Acts 14:17
Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”
Psalm 92:4
For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your deeds; I sing for joy at the works of Your hands.
Song of Solomon 1:4
Take me away with you—let us hurry! May the king bring me to his chambers. We will rejoice and delight in you; we will praise your love more than wine. It is only right that they adore you.
Judges 9:27
And after they had gone out into the fields, gathered grapes from their vineyards, and trodden them, they held a festival and went into the house of their god; and as they ate and drank, they cursed Abimelech.
Jeremiah 48:33
Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard and from the fields of Moab. I have stopped the flow of wine from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy; their shouts are not for joy.
1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,

Glossary

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