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Psalms 4:2

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

KJV

Cum invocarem exaudivit me Deus justitiæ meæ, in tribulatione dilatasti mihi. Miserere mei, et exaudi orationem meam.

Vulgate

Ἐν τῷ ἐπικαλεῖσθαί με εἰσήκουσέν μου ὁ θεὸς τῆς δικαιοσύνης μου, ἐν θλίψει ἐπλάτυνάς μοι· οἰκτείρησόν με καὶ εἰσάκουσον τῆς προσευχῆς μου.

LXX

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How longwill ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? [Selah

ASV

בְּ/קָרְאִ֡/י עֲנֵ֤/נִי אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗/י בַּ֭/צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑/י חָ֝נֵּ֗/נִי וּ/שְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

ו
v
verb · 107×
י
y
noun · 77×
יִּקְרָ֥א
yqr'
verb · 737×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×
נִי
ny
verb · 325×
צֶ֑דֶק
tsdq
noun · 116×
רָ֤חַב
rchb
verb · 25×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 12:21 — And turn ye not aside: for then should ye go after vain things, which cannot profit nor deliver; for they are vain.
  • Eccl 8:11 — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.
  • Eccl 9:3 — This is an evil among all things that are done under the sun, that there is one event unto all: yea, also the heart of the sons of men is full of evil, and madness is in their heart while they live, a
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Exod 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.
  • Hos 4:7 — As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
  • Isa 20:5 — And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
  • Isa 45:17 — But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
  • Isa 59:4 — None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
  • Jer 2:11 — Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
  • Jer 9:3 — And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.
  • Jonah 2:8 — They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.
  • Mic 7:7 — Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
  • Num 14:11 — And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them?
  • Prov 1:22 — How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
  • Ps 2:1 — Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?
  • Ps 3:2 — Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
  • Ps 3:3 — But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 8:4 — What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him?
  • Ps 14:6 — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
  • Ps 14:6 — Ye have shamed the counsel of the poor, because the LORD is his refuge.
  • Ps 31:6 — I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the LORD.
  • Ps 57:4 — My soul is among lions: and I lie even among them that are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Ps 58:1 — Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?
  • Ps 58:3 — The wicked are estranged from the womb: they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking lies.
  • Ps 62:3 — How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.
  • Ps 62:7 — In God is my salvation and my glory: the rock of my strength, and my refuge, is in God.
  • Ps 63:11 — But the king shall rejoice in God; every one that sweareth by him shall glory: but the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped.
  • Ps 72:2 — He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.
  • Ps 106:20 — Thus they changed their glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass.