Mazmur 4:4-5

4:4 Tremble with fear and do not sin! ¹ 

Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of your ways! ²  (Selah)

4:5 Offer the prescribed sacrifices ³ 

and trust in the Lord! ⁴ 

Mazmur 4:7

4:7 You make me happier ⁵ 

than those who have abundant grain and wine. ⁶ 

[4:4]  ¹ sn The psalmist warns his enemies that they need to tremble with fear before God and repudiate their sinful ways.

[4:4]  ² tn Heb “say in your heart(s) on your bed(s) and wail/lament.” The verb דֹמּוּ (dommu) is understood as a form of דָמָם (“wail, lament”) in sorrow and repentance. Another option is to take the verb from II דָמָם (damam, “be quiet”); cf. NIV, NRSV “be silent.”

[4:5]  ³ tn Or “proper, right.” The phrase also occurs in Deut 33:19 and Ps 51:19.

[4:5]  ⁴ sn Trust in the Lord. The psalmist urges his enemies to make peace with God and become his followers.

[4:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “you place joy in my heart.” Another option is to understand the perfect verbal form as indicating certitude, “you will make me happier.”

[4:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “from (i.e., more than) the time (when) their grain and their wine are abundant.”