Psalms 4:7
Thou have put gladness in my heart more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
In Context
8In peace I will both lay down and sleep, for thou, LORD, alone make me dwell in safety.
Cross References
Numbers 6:25LORD make his face to shine upon thee, and be gracious to thee.
Psalms 31:17Let me not be put to shame, O LORD, for I have called upon thee. Let the wicked be put to shame. Let them be silent in Sheol.
Psalms 43:4Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy, and I will praise thee upon the harp, O God, my God.
Psalms 67:2that thy way may be known upon earth, thy salvation among all nations.
Psalms 92:4For thou, LORD, have made me glad through thy work. I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
Isaiah 9:3Thou have multiplied the nation. Thou have increased their joy. They joy before thee according to the joy in harvest, as men rejoice when they divide the spoil.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 4:7-8
The Good Man's Desire. 6 There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Lord , lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. 7 Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. 8 I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord , only makest me dwell in safety. We have here, I. The foolish wish of worldly people: There be many that say, Who will show us any good? Who will make us to see good? What good they meant is intimated, v. 7 . It was the… Read the whole commentary →