Psalms 4:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Many say, 'Who will show us anything good?' Let the light of Your face shine upon us, O LORD.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַבִּ֥ים אֹמְרִים֮ מִֽי־יַרְאֵ֢נ֫וּ ט֥וֹב נְֽסָה־עָ֭לֵינוּ א֨וֹר פָּנֶ֬יךָ יְהוָֽה׃

Transliteration

rabbîm ʾōmərîm who-yarʾēnû ṭôb nəsāh-upon-us ʾôr pāneykā YHWH

Grammar Details

• *rabbîm*: adjective masculine plural - many
• *ʾōmərîm*: verb Qal participle masculine plural - saying
• who-*yarʾēnû*: interrogative מִי with verb Hiphil imperfect 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person plural suffix - who will show us
• *ṭôb*: noun/adjective masculine singular - good
• *nəsāh*: verb Qal imperative 2nd person masculine singular - lift up
• upon-us: preposition עָל with 1st person plural suffix - upon us
• *ʾôr*: noun masculine singular construct - light of
• *pāneykā*: noun common plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your face
• *YHWH*: proper noun - the LORD

Word Meanings

• *rabbîm*: many/much/great
• *ʾōmərîm*: saying/speaking/telling
• *yarʾēnû*: will show us/will cause us to see
• *ṭôb*: good/goodness/prosperity/blessing
• *nəsāh*: lift up/raise/display
• *ʾôr pāneykā*: light of your face/your favorable countenance/your shining face

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You have put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their grain and their wine increased.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

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

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their grain and their new wine are increased.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou reioysest myne herte, though their encreace be greate both in corne & wyne.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou hast giuen mee more ioye of heart, then they haue had, when their wheate and their wine did abound.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast put gladnesse in my heart: since the time that their corne and wine increased.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have put gladness in my heart, More than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast given joy in my heart, From the time their corn and their wine Have been multiplied.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than `they have' when their grain and their new wine are increased.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast put gladness in my heart, More than [they have] when their grain and their new wine are increased.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Lord, you have put joy in my heart, more than they have when their grain and their wine are increased.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have put gladness in my heart, more than when their grain and their new wine are increased.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You make me happier than those who have abundant grain and wine.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 9:3 : 3 For you have shattered the yoke that burdened them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor, as on the day of Midian’s defeat.
• Ps 63:2-5 : 2 O God, you are my God; I earnestly seek you. My soul thirsts for you, my flesh longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. 3 So I have seen you in the sanctuary, to behold your power and your glory. 4 Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you. 5 So I will bless you as long as I live; in your name, I will lift up my hands.
• Judg 9:27 : 27 They went out into the fields, harvested their vineyards, trampled the grapes, and held a festival. They entered the temple of their god, where they ate, drank, and cursed Abimelech.
• Ps 37:4 : 4 Take delight in the LORD, and He will give you the desires of your heart.
• Acts 14:17 : 17 Yet, he did not leave himself without a witness, for he gave you rains from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling you with food and gladness in your hearts.
• Song 1:4 : 4 Take me away with you—let us run! The king has brought me into his chambers. We will rejoice and be glad in you; we will celebrate your love more than wine. Rightly do they love you.
• 1 Pet 1:8 : 8 Though you have not seen Him, you love Him. Though not seeing Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
• Jer 48:33 : 33 Joy and gladness have been taken from the fertile fields and the land of Moab. I have stopped the wine flowing from the presses; no one treads them with shouts of joy. There is no joyful shouting.
• Ps 43:4 : 4 Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my joy and delight. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.
• Ps 92:4 : 4 With the ten-stringed instrument, with the harp, and with the meditative sound of the lyre.