Psalms 4:3

The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

በዚህ ቋንቋ ገና ትርጉም የለም፤ English እየታየ ነው።

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1 לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃ For the Leader; with string-music. A Psalm of David.

2 בְּקׇרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֤נִי ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֭צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י חׇ֝נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃ Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness, Thou who didst set me free when I was in distress; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.

3 בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃ O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

4 וּדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הֹוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ יְהֹוָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע בְּקׇרְאִ֥י אֵלָֽיו׃ But know that the LORD hath set apart the godly man as His own; The LORD will hear when I call unto Him.

5 רִגְז֗וּ וְֽאַל־תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ אִמְר֣וּ בִ֭לְבַבְכֶם עַֽל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶ֗ם וְדֹ֣מּוּ סֶֽלָה׃ Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

6 זִבְח֥וּ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וּ֝בִטְח֗וּ אֶל־יְהֹוָֽה׃ Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.

7 רַבִּ֥ים אֹמְרִים֮ מִֽי־יַרְאֵ֢נ֫וּ ט֥וֹב נְֽסָה־עָ֭לֵינוּ א֨וֹר פָּנֶ֬יךָ יְהֹוָֽה׃ Many there are that say: 'Oh that we could see some good!' LORD, lift Thou up the light of Thy countenance upon us.

8 נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְלִבִּ֑י מֵעֵ֬ת דְּגָנָ֖ם וְתִירוֹשָׁ֣ם רָֽבּוּ׃ Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than when their corn and their wine increase.

9 בְּשָׁל֣וֹם יַחְדָּו֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֢ה וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהֹוָ֣ה לְבָדָ֑ד לָ֝בֶ֗טַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ {פ}
In peace will I both lay me down and sleep; for Thou, LORD, makest me dwell alone in safety.

Miqra according to the Masorah · ፈቃድ: CC BY-SA · ምንጭ
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ቃል በቃል (Hebrew → English · Strong’s)

בְּנֵ֥יbêna son
אִ֡ישׁʼîysha man as an individual or a male person
עַדʻadas far as
מֶ֬הmâhinterrogative what?
כְבוֹדִ֣יkâbôwdweight
לִ֭כְלִמָּהkᵉlimmâhdisgrace
תֶּאֱהָב֣וּןʼâhabto have affection for
רִ֑יקrîyqemptiness
תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּbâqashto search out (by any method
כָזָ֣בkâzâbfalsehood
סֶֽלָהçelâhsuspension

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Psalms 4:3 in every translation

עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah

בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃

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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be put to shame, in that ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra

בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃

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עברית · Tanach with Text Only

בני איש עד מה כבודי לכלמה תאהבון ריק תבקשו כזב סלה

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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud

בְּנֵי אִישׁ עַד־מֶה כְבוֹדִי לִכְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָבוּן רִיק תְּבַקְשׁוּ כָזָב סֶלָה׃

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English · The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein

Sons of man [(Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called "man")], how long [will you turn] My honor to shame? will you love emptiness? will you [continue to] seek deceit?

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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]

Fils des hommes, jusqu’à quand mon honneur sera-t-il avili? [Jusqu’à quand] aimerez-vous les choses vaines, rechercherez-vous le mensonge? Sélah!

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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]

O ihr Menschenkinder, wie lange noch wird meine Ehre der Schmach preisgegeben, werdet ihr Nichtiges lieben, Lüge suchen? Sela.

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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]

Synowie ludzcy! dopókiż będzie chwała moja w poniewierce? upodobacie sobie marność, poszukiwać będziecie fałszu? - Sela.

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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]

איר מענטשנקינדער, ביז װאַנעןװעט מײַן כּבֿוד צו שאַנד זײַן, װעט איר ליב האָבן נישטיקײט, װעט איר זוכן ליגן? סֶלָה.

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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]

Homidoj, ĝis kiam mia honoro estos malhonorata? Ĝis kiam vi amos vantaĵon kaj celos malveron? Sela.

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Commentary on Psalms 4:3

Rashi

English

Sons of man The sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who are called man. About Abraham it is stated (in Gen. 20:7): “Restore the man’s wife.” About Isaac it is stated (ibid. 24:65): “Who is that man...?” About Jacob, it is stated (ibid. 25:27): “and Jacob was a plain man.”

how long will my honor be disgraced How long will you disgrace me? (I Sam. 20:30): “that you choose the son of Jesse”; (ibid. 22:8), “when my son made a covenant with the son of Jesse”; (ibid. verse 9), “I saw the son of Jesse”; (ibid. 25:10), “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse?” I have no name.

will you constantly seek lies Will you chase to find lies, e.g., the Ziphites, who inform on me, yet show me friendliness, and other informers like them who were in Saul’s time (I Sam. 23:19): “Is David not hiding...in the hill of Hachilah?” And so, many.

The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg · ፈቃድ: CC-BY · Full commentary on Sefaria

Ibn Ezra

English

Sons of man (בְּנֵי אִישׁ - b'nei ish): Rabbi Moshe [ben Shmu'el Gikatilla] HaKohen, of blessed memory, said: That this psalm [continues the context] as written above, and [David] speaks with the "sons of man" because of the haughtiness (gavhut) of their hearts in their youthfulness (be-bacharutam). [He paraphrases David's address to them:] "How long (Ad matai) have you turned my glory into shame? And this [enterprise] that you desire will not stand (lo ya'amod), will not arise (ve-lo yakum), and will not come to be (ve-lo yihyeh), for truly you seek falsehood (kazav)." And according to the opinion of Rabbi Moshe: He [David] is speaking about the helpers/supporters of Absalom.

Sefaria Community Translation · ፈቃድ: CC0 · Full commentary on Sefaria

Radak (David Kimhi)

English

O ye sons of men (בני איש): He addresses the great ones of Israel who were with Absalom. So “both low (בני אדם) and high (אישׁ בני)” (Ps. 49:3): בני אדם (are) the multitude, אישׁ בני the great ones. So also, “Art not thou a great man (אישׁ) and who is like to thee in Israel?” (1 Sam. 26:15); “Gideon the son of Joash, the great man (אישׁ) of Israel” (Judges 7:14).

How long shall my honour – i.e. my soul, as he says in the previous Psalm, “Many say of my soul”; or the interpretation of my honour

be dishonour? – is that I am king and ye are putting me to dishonour and making me a fugitive from my kingdom:

Ye love a vain (thing) – a thing that shall not be established: that is, the kingdom of Absalom.

And seek after falsehood. Selah: – And this is falsehood, a thing that has no permanence, as (in the passage) (Is. 58:11) “Whose waters fail not.”

R. David Kimhi on the first book of Psalms, Translated by R.G. Finch, London, 1919 · ፈቃድ: Public Domain · Full commentary on Sefaria