Psalm 4:2 {3}
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O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?

O

Psalm 57:4 And he hath delivered my soul from the midst of the young lions. I slept troubled. The sons of men, whose teeth are weapons and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Psalm 58:1 Unto the end, destroy not, for David, for an inscription of a title. [2] If in very deed ye speak justice: judge right things, ye sons of men.

Ecclesiastes 8:11 For because sentence is not speedily pronounced against the evil, the children of men commit evils without any fear.

Ecclesiastes 9:3 This is a very great evil among all things that are done under the sun, that the same things happen to all men: whereby also the hearts of the children of men are filled with evil, and with contempt while they live, and afterwards they shall be brought down to hell.

how

Psalm 72:2 Give to the king thy judgment, O God, and to the king's son thy justice: To judge thy people with justice, and thy poor with judgment.

Exodus 10:3 Therefore Moses and Aaron went in to Pharao, and said to him: Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews: How long refusest thou to submit to me? let my people go, to sacrifice to me.

Numbers 14:11 And the Lord said to Moses: How long will this people detract me? how long will they not believe me for all the signs that I have wrought before them?

Proverbs 1:22 Turn ye at my reproof: behold I will utter my spirit to you, and will shew you my words.

my glory

Psalm 3:3 But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Psalm 14:6 For the Lord is in the just generation: you have confounded the counsel of the poor man; but the Lord is his hope.

Psalm 106:20 And they changed their glory into the likeness of a calf that eateth grass.

Isaiah 20:5 And they shall be afraid, and ashamed of Ethiopia their hope, and of Egypt their glory.

Isaiah 45:17 Israel is saved in the Lord with an eternal salvation: you shall not be confounded, and you shall not be ashamed for ever and ever.

Jeremiah 2:11 If a nation hath changed their gods, and indeed they are not gods: but my people have changed their glory into an idol.

Hosea 4:7 According to the multitude of them, so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

1 Corinthians 1:31 That, as it is written: He that glorieth may glory in the Lord.

love

Psalm 2:1 Why have the Gentiles raged, and the people devised vain things?

1 Samuel 12:21 And turn not aside after vain things, which shall never profit you, nor deliver you, because they are vain.

Isaiah 59:4 There is none that calleth upon justice, neither is there any one that judgeth truly: but they trust in a mere nothing, and speak vanities: they have conceived labour, and brought forth iniquity.

Jeremiah 2:5 Thus saith the Lord: What iniquity have your fathers found in me, that they are gone far from me, and have walked after vanity, and are become vain?

Jonah 2:8 When my soul was in distress within me, I remembered the Lord: that my prayer may come to thee, unto the holy temple.

leasing

Psalm 5:6 Thou hatest all the workers of iniquity: thou wilt destroy all that speak a lie. The bloody and the deceitful man the Lord will abhor.

Psalm 58:3 The wicked are alienated from the womb; they have gone astray from the womb: they have spoken false things.

Psalm 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God, all they shall be praised that swear by him: because the mouth is stopped of them that speak wicked things.

Jeremiah 9:3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened themselves upon the earth, for they have proceeded from evil to evil, and me they have not known, saith the Lord.

Ephesians 4:25 Wherefore, putting away lying, speak ye the truth, every man with his neighbour. For we are members one of another.

Context
Answer Me When I Call!
1Unto the end, in verses. A psalm for David. [2] When I called upon him, the God of my justice heard me: when I was in distress, thou hast enlarged me. Have mercy on me: and hear my prayer. 2O ye sons of men, how long will you be dull of heart? why do you love vanity, and seek after lying?3Know ye also that the Lord hath made his holy one wonderful: the Lord will hear me when I shall cry unto him.…
Cross References
Psalm 3:3
But thou, O Lord, art my protector, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.

Psalm 12:2
They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

Psalm 31:6
Thou hast hated them that regard vanities, to no purpose. But I have hoped in the Lord:

Psalm 31:18
Let deceitful lips be made dumb. Which speak iniquity against the just, with pride and abuse.

Psalm 62:4
But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.

Psalm 69:7
Because for thy sake I have borne reproach; shame hath covered my face.

Psalm 69:19
Thou knowest my reproach, and my confusion, and my shame.

Lexicon
How long,
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

O men,
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son

will my honor
כְבוֹדִ֣י (ḵə·ḇō·w·ḏî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3519: Weight, splendor, copiousness

be maligned?
לִ֭כְלִמָּה (liḵ·lim·māh)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3639: Insult, reproach, ignominy

How long will you love
תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן (te·’ĕ·hā·ḇūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | Paragogic nun
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

vanity
רִ֑יק (rîq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7385: Emptiness, a worthless thing, in vain

and seek after
תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ (tə·ḇaq·šū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1245: To search out, to strive after

lies?
כָזָ֣ב (ḵā·zāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3577: A lie, falsehood, deceptive thing

Selah
סֶֽלָה׃ (se·lāh)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 5542: Suspension, pause


Additional Translations
How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies? SelahO you sons of men, how long will you turn my glory into shame? how long will you love vanity, and seek after leasing? Selah.

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

O ye sons on men, how long will ye be slow of heart? wherefore do ye love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause.

Ye sons of men, till when is my glory [to be put] to shame? [How long] will ye love vanity, will ye seek after a lie? Selah.

O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonour? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

O ye sons of men, how long will ye turn my glory into shame? how long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

You sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will you love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.

Sons of men! till when is my glory for shame? Ye love a vain thing, ye seek a lie. Selah.
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