Psalms 4
Below each verse in the original comes an approximate reading, in italics, for anyone who wants to pronounce the text aloud. It is not academic transliteration: it does not mark stress or settle the cases that depend on grammatical analysis, and the four-letter Name is read “Yahweh”, by the founder’s decision — the Hebrew pointing instructs saying “Adonai”, and Portuguese Bibles render it “SENHOR”.
The numbering differs in this chapter. The original has a different number of verses from the Portuguese — this happens in 134 of the 1,189 chapters, mostly in the Psalms, because the Hebrew superscription (“A psalm of David”) is counted as verse 1. That is why the two texts appear separately, each with its own numbering, instead of paired: pairing here would put a verse next to the wrong one.
1Salmo de Davi para o regente, com instrumentos de cordas: Quando eu clamar, ouve-me, ó Deus de minha justiça; na angústia tu me alivias; tem misericórdia de mim, e ouve a minha oração.
2Filhos dos homens, até quando [tornareis] minha glória em infâmia, e amareis as coisas vãs? [Até quando] buscareis a mentira? (Selá)
3Sabei pois, que o SENHOR separou para si aquele que é fiel; o SENHOR ouvirá, quando a ele eu clamar.
4Quando estiverdes perturbados, não pequeis; meditai em vosso coração sobre a vossa cama, e fazei silêncio. (Selá)
5Sacrificai sacrifícios de justiça, e confiai no SENHOR.
6Muitos dizem: Quem nos mostrará o bem?Levanta sobre nós, SENHOR, a luz de teu rosto.
7Tu me deste alegria em meu coração, maior do que quando o trigo e o vinho deles se multiplicaram.
8Eu deitarei, e dormirei em paz; porque só tu, SENHOR, me fazes descansar seguro.
Westminster Leningrad Codex (WLC)
1לַמְנַצֵּ֥חַ בִּנְגִינ֗וֹת מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִֽד׃lamnatsecha binginot mizmor ledavid
2בְּקָרְאִ֡י עֲנֵ֤נִי ׀ אֱלֹ֘הֵ֤י צִדְקִ֗י בַּ֭צָּר הִרְחַ֣בְתָּ לִּ֑י חָ֝נֵּ֗נִי וּשְׁמַ֥ע תְּפִלָּתִֽי׃bekari aneni elohe tsidki batsar hirchavta li chaneni ushma tefilati
3בְּנֵ֥י אִ֡ישׁ עַד־מֶ֬ה כְבוֹדִ֣י לִ֭כְלִמָּה תֶּאֱהָב֣וּן רִ֑יק תְּבַקְשׁ֖וּ כָזָ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃bene ish ad-meh chevodi lichlimah teehavun rik tevakshu chazav selah
4וּדְע֗וּ כִּֽי־הִפְלָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חָסִ֣יד ל֑וֹ יְהוָ֥ה יִ֝שְׁמַ֗ע בְּקָרְאִ֥י אֵלָֽיו׃udu ki-hiflah Yahweh chasid lo Yahweh yishma bekari elayv
5רִגְז֗וּ וְֽאַל־תֶּ֫חֱטָ֥אוּ אִמְר֣וּ בִ֭לְבַבְכֶם עַֽל־מִשְׁכַּבְכֶ֗ם וְדֹ֣מּוּ סֶֽלָה׃rigzu veal-techetau imru vilvavchem al-mishkavchem vedomu selah
6זִבְח֥וּ זִבְחֵי־צֶ֑דֶק וּ֝בִטְח֗וּ אֶל־יְהוָֽה׃zivchu zivche-tsedek uvitchu el-Yahweh
7רַבִּ֥ים אֹמְרִים֮ מִֽי־יַרְאֵ֪נ֫וּ ט֥וֹב נְֽסָה־עָ֭לֵינוּ א֨וֹר פָּנֶ֬יךָ יְהוָֽה׃rabim omrim mi-yarenu tov nesah-alenu or panecha Yahweh
8נָתַ֣תָּה שִׂמְחָ֣ה בְלִבִּ֑י מֵעֵ֬ת דְּגָנָ֖ם וְתִֽירוֹשָׁ֣ם רָֽבּוּ׃natatah simchah velibi meet deganam vetirosham rabu
9בְּשָׁל֣וֹם יַחְדָּו֮ אֶשְׁכְּבָ֪ה וְאִ֫ישָׁ֥ן כִּֽי־אַתָּ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה לְבָדָ֑ד לָ֝בֶ֗טַח תּוֹשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃beshalom yachdav eshkvah veishan ki-atah Yahweh levadad lavetach toshiveni
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All Scripture quoted in Portuguese is from the Bíblia Livre (BLIVRE), Copyright © Diego Santos, Mario Sérgio and Marco Teles, February 2018. Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Brazil licence. Reproduction permitted provided the source and the authors are duly credited.
Hebrew text of the Westminster Leningrad Codex, public domain, in the digital edition distributed by eBible.org. The Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology is NOT included here — it has its own licence, with a credit requirement.