Psalms 4

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1. Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 4 · Ochorus Originals

   Day 6 — Sleep in Peace cites Psalm 4:8

   “I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.” — Psalm 4:8 (BSB) For a lot of kids (and grown-ups too!), nighttime is when fears come out. During…

2. Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

   Day 2 — When You’re Angry cites Psalm 4:4

   “Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still.” — Psalm 4:4 (BSB) Girls get angry too. Sometimes people act like anger is only a “boy thing,” or that…

3. Communion with God · John Owen

   How the saints hold communion with Christ as to their acceptation with God cites Ps. iv. 6–8

   …all his days, yet through Christ he is at perfect peace with God, Isa. xxvi. 3; Ps. iv. 6–8. Hence do the souls of believers exceedingly magnify Jesus Christ, that they can behold…

4. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of the things wherein we have communion with the Holy Ghost cites Ps. iv. 6

   …the shining of his countenance; which, as David speaks, puts gladness into our hearts, Ps. iv. 6, 7. We have this, then, by the Spirit:— he teacheth us of the love of God in Christ; he…

5. Communion with God · John Owen

   Of particular communion with the Holy Ghost cites Ps. iv. 6

   …oil, but with the shining of the countenance of God upon us, that he comforts our souls, Ps. iv. 6, 7. “The world hateth me,” may such a soul as hath the Spirit say; “but my Father loves…

6. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.1 The First Commandment cites Psa 4: 4

   …such a holy awe of God upon our hearts, that we dare not sin. ‘Stand in awe and sin not.’ Psa 4: 4. The wicked sin and fear not; the godly fear and sin not. ‘How then can I do this great…

7. The Bondage of the Will · Martin Luther

   Discussion: Part the First cites Psalm iv. 6

   …of the philosophers agree with the precepts of the Gospel. Again, you apply that of Psalm iv. 6. “The light of Thy countenance is settled upon us,” which speaks of the knowledge of the…

8. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

   2.2 The Second Commandment cites Psa 4: 1

   …(10) God shows mercy in hearing our prayers. ‘Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.’ Psa 4: 1. Is it not a favour, when a man puts up a petition to the king, to have it granted? So…

9. Samuel Ajayi Crowther (For Teens) · Ochorus Originals

   Good Night cites Psalm 4:8

   …will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.” — Psalm 4:8 (ASV) In the summer of 1891, at Bonny in the Niger Delta, Crowther stood up from his desk…

10. The Key Teachings of Dietrich Bonhoeffer · Ochorus Originals

    The Day Together cites PSALM 4:8

    …both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety. PSALM 4:8 Not a rulebook It would be easy to read this chapter as a rigid timetable, and Bonhoeffer…

11. The Ministry of Intercession · Andrew Murray

    My God Will Hear Me cites Ps. iv. 3

    …it, He will answer thee.”—Isa. xxx. 18, 19. “The Lord will hear when I call upon Him.”—Ps. iv. 3. “I have called upon Thee, for Thou wilt hear me, O God!”—Ps. xvii. 6. “I will look unto…

12. Daughters of the King – 30 Days with God for Girls – Book 2 · Ochorus Originals

    Day 3 — Sweet Sleep cites Psalm 4:8

    …God for three good things that happened. Say a verse. Quietly repeat today’s verse, or Psalm 4:8 or Isaiah 41:10. Put down the screen. Screens right before bed can make it harder for…

13. Talks to the Farmer · Charles H. Spurgeon

    Spring in the Heart cites Psalm 4:6

    …show us any good?” but now they cry, “Lift up the light of your face upon me, O Lord” (Psalm 4:6). Once it was grain and wine that brought comfort, but now it is God alone. Their rock of…

14. The Key Teachings of Augustine of Hippo · Ochorus Originals

    Confession as Praise cites PSALM 4:1

    …thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. PSALM 4:1 He learned too from the singing of the church. At Milan, where Ambrose had lately brought…

15. The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson · Ochorus Originals

    A Larger Christian Life cites PSALM 4:1

    …life. He was describing a bigger one. Thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress. PSALM 4:1 That is the honest order in most lives. The distress comes first, and the enlargement is…

16. The Key Teachings of Richard Baxter · Ochorus Originals

    Self-Examination cites PSALM 4:4

    …would not repeat to their face? Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. PSALM 4:4 Confession as you go, rather than accumulating a list. The point of the exercise is not…

17. Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther · Ochorus Originals

    “Good Night” cites Psalm 4:8

    …will I both lay me down and sleep; For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety” (Psalm 4:8, ASV). The boy who had lain awake in chains the night before he was taken to market, and…

18. Portraits of Courage – Samuel Ajayi Crowther · Ochorus Originals

    Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites Psalm 4:8

    …humbly, without bitterness, still willing to learn. Scriptures to revisit 2 Timothy 4:7; Psalm 4:8. Reflection 1. What do his last letter and his last words tell you about him? 2. How…

19. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    April cites Psalm 4:2

    …with the Lord.” April 7 “O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame?” (Psalm 4:2) An instructive writer has made a mournful list of the honours which the blinded people…

20. Real Questions – Book 3 · Ochorus Originals

    Is It Wrong to Be Angry? cites Psalm 4:4

    …Name it to God. “Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still” (Psalm 4:4). Tell Him exactly what you feel and why. Deal with it before bed. Don’t let it sit and…

21. George Müller of Bristol · Arthur T. Pierson

    Appendix A: Scripture Texts That Moulded George Müller cites Psa. iv. 3

    …hath set apart him that is godly for Himself: The Lord will hear when I call unto Him." (Psa. iv. 3.) "JEHOVAH JIREH." (The Lord will provide.) (Gen. xxii. 14.) "HE HATH SAID, I WILL NEVER…

22. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Growth cites Psalm iv. 4

    …the absolute necessity of making time to “commune with our hearts, and be still.” (Psalm iv. 4.) But without this there is seldom any deep spiritual prosperity. I suspect that English…

23. Holiness · J. C. Ryle

    Assurance cites Psalm iv. 8

    …both lay me down in peace and sleep, for Thou, Lord, only makest me to dwell in safety.” (Psalm iv. 8.) Assurance can make a man rejoice to suffer shame for Christ’s sake, as the Apostles did…

24. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    The Covenant of Works cites Psa 4:2

    …is, and how strange is it that any one should love it! ‘How long will ye love vanity?’ Psa 4:2. ‘Who look to other gods, and love flagons of wine.’ Hos 3:1: Sin is a dish men cannot…

25. A Body of Divinity · Thomas Watson

    Peace cites Psa 4:8

    …Christian, his mind may be in peace and quiet. ‘I will lay me down in peace, and sleep.’ Psa 4:8. It was a sad time with David, he was fleeing for his life from Absalom; it was no small…