Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah
David teaches us that when adversity presses hard, we must take hold of God's promises and use them as a shield to break through every temptation that assails us. He himself learned this in his long struggle with Saul, and the pattern holds for all who suffer distress.
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Commenting on Psalm 4:1-8
"Tremble and sin not." How many reverse this counsel and sin but tremble not. O that men would take the advice of this verse and commune with their own hearts. Surely a want of thought must be one reason why men are so mad as to despite Christ and hate their own mercies.
The title of the psalm acquaints us that David, having penned it by divine inspiration for the use of the church, delivered it to the chief musician, or master of the song, who (according to the divine appointment of psalmody made in his time, which he was chiefly instrumental in the establishment of) presided in that service.
Commenting on Psalm 4:1-5