Psalms 4 · Verse 7

Psalms 4:7

Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Psalms 4:7, King James Version

Psalms 4:7 in other translations

BSBYou have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.
WEBYou have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
ASVThou hast put gladness in my heart, More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.
YLTThou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.
DARBYThou hast put joy in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their new wine was in abundance.
BBELord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.
WebsterThou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time when their corn and their wine increased.

What does Psalms 4:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 4:6-7

6-7. Contrast true with vain confidence. light of thy countenance upon us--figure for favor (Nu 6:26; Psa 44:3; 81:16).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart - Thou hast given my soul what it wanted and wished for. I find now a happiness which earthly things could not produce. I have peace of conscience, and joy in the Holy Ghost; such inward happiness as they cannot boast who have got the highest increase of corn and wine; those Two Things in the abundance of which many suppose happiness to be found. To corn and wine all the versions, except the Chaldee, add oil; for corn, wine, and oil, were considered the highest blessings of a temporal kind that man could possess.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 4:6-8

Wordly people inquire for good, not for the chief good; all they want is outward good, present good, partial good, good meat, good drink, a good trade, and a good estate; but what are all these worth? Any good will serve the turn of most men, but a gracious soul will not be put off so. Lord, let us have thy favour, and let us know that we have it, we desire no more; let us be satisfied of thy loving-kindness, and…

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Psalms 4:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

נָתַ֣תָּהna.Ta.tahyou have putH5414
שִׂמְחָ֣הsim.ChahjoyH8057
בְלִבִּ֑יve.li.Biin heart myH3820
מֵעֵ֬תme.'Etmore than a timeH6256
דְּגָנָ֖םde.ga.Nam<of> [when] grain theirH1715
וְתִֽירוֹשָׁ֣םve.ti.ro.Shamand new wine theirH8492
רָֽבּוּ\׃Ra.buthey aboundH7231

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 4:7

  • Isaiah 9:3

    Thou hast multiplied the nation, and not increased the joy: they joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, and as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.

  • Psalms 63:2-5

    To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary. Because thy lovingkindness is better than life, my lips shall praise thee. Thus will I bless thee while I live: I will lift up my hands in thy name. My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:

  • Psalms 37:4

    Delight thyself also in the Lord; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart.

  • Psalms 43:4

    Then will I go unto the altar of God, unto God my exceeding joy: yea, upon the harp will I praise thee, O God my God.

  • Psalms 92:4

    For thou, Lord, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.

  • Acts 14:17

    Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.

  • Jeremiah 48:33

    And joy and gladness is taken from the plentiful field, and from the land of Moab; and I have caused wine to fail from the winepresses: none shall tread with shouting; their shouting shall be no shouting.

  • Song of Solomon 1:4

    Draw me, we will run after thee: the king hath brought me into his chambers: we will be glad and rejoice in thee, we will remember thy love more than wine: the upright love thee.

  • Judges 9:27

    And they went out into the fields, and gathered their vineyards, and trode the grapes, and made merry, and went into the house of their god, and did eat and drink, and cursed Abimelech.

  • 1 Peter 1:8

    Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:

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put.
37:4; 43:4; 63:2-5; 92:4; So 1:4; 1Pe 1:8
the time.
Jud 9:27
Isa 9:3; Jer 48:33

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Context

  • Psalms 4:6

    There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

  • Psalms 4:7

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

  • Psalms 4:8

    I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

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Psalms 4:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Tú diste alegría en mi corazón, más que tienen ellos en el tiempo que se multiplicó su grano y su mosto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Beaucoup disent: Qui nous fera voir du bien? Lève sur nous la lumière de ta face, ô Éternel!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Du hast Freude in mein Herz gegeben, mehr als zur Zeit, da ihres Kornes und ihres Mostes viel war.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Signatum est super nos lumen vultus tui, Domine: dedisti lætitiam in corde meo.