King James Version
Psalms 4:6 in the King James Version says “There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.”
Psalms 4:6 · KJV
Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
Offer the sacrifices of righteousness, and put your trust in the LORD.
There be many that say, Who will shew us any good? LORD, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.
Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, LORD, only makest me dwell in safety.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who will shew”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“us any good”
H2896good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
“lift thou up”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“the light”
H216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
“of thy countenance”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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