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Psalms 4:6

Psalms 4:6
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

There be many that say, who will show us any good?.... These may be thought to be the men of the world; carnal worldly minded men, seeking after temporal good, and taking up their rest and contentment…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

There be many that say - Some have supposed, as DeWette and others, that the allusion of the psalmist here is to his own followers, and that the reference is to their anxious fears in their…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 4:6-8

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, Psa 4:7. It was the increase of…