Psalm 4:2

New Living Translation

How long will you people ruin my reputation? How long will you make groundless accusations? How long will you continue your lies? Interlude

Cross References

Psalm 106:20

They traded their glorious God for a statue of a grass-eating bull.

Psalm 14:6

The wicked frustrate the plans of the oppressed, but the Lord will protect his people.

Psalm 2:1

Why are the nations so angry? Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

Psalm 3:3

But you, O Lord, are a shield around me; you are my glory, the one who holds my head high.

Psalm 31:6

I hate those who worship worthless idols. I trust in the Lord.

Psalm 5:6

You will destroy those who tell lies. The Lord detests murderers and deceivers.

Psalm 50:15

Then call on me when you are in trouble, and I will rescue you, and you will give me glory.”

Psalm 57:4

I am surrounded by fierce lions who greedily devour human prey— whose teeth pierce like spears and arrows, and whose tongues cut like swords.

Psalm 58:1

Justice—do you rulers know the meaning of the word? Do you judge the people fairly?

Psalm 58:3

These wicked people are born sinners; even from birth they have lied and gone their own way.

Psalm 63:11

But the king will rejoice in God. All who swear to tell the truth will praise him, while liars will be silenced.

Psalm 72:2

Help him judge your people in the right way; let the poor always be treated fairly.

Exodus 10:3

So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of the Hebrews, says: How long will you refuse to submit to me? Let my people go, so they can worship me.

Proverbs 1:22

“How long, you simpletons, will you insist on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools hate knowledge?

Ecclesiastes 8:11

When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.

Ecclesiastes 9:3

It seems so wrong that everyone under the sun suffers the same fate. Already twisted by evil, people choose their own mad course, for they have no hope. There is nothing ahead but death anyway.

Isaiah 20:5

Then the Philistines will be thrown into panic, for they counted on the power of Ethiopia and boasted of their allies in Egypt!

Isaiah 45:17

But the Lord will save the people of Israel with eternal salvation. Throughout everlasting ages, they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.

Isaiah 59:4

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

Jeremiah 2:11

Has any nation ever traded its gods for new ones, even though they are not gods at all? Yet my people have exchanged their glorious God for worthless idols!

Jeremiah 2:5

This is what the Lord says: “What did your ancestors find wrong with me that led them to stray so far from me? They worshiped worthless idols, only to become worthless themselves.

Jeremiah 9:3

“My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:7

The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.

Jonah 2:8

Those who worship false gods turn their backs on all God’s mercies.

Numbers 14:11

And the Lord said to Moses, “How long will these people treat me with contempt? Will they never believe me, even after all the miraculous signs I have done among them?

Acts 24:9

Then the other Jews chimed in, declaring that everything Tertullus said was true.

1 Corinthians 1:31

Therefore, as the Scriptures say, “If you want to boast, boast only about the Lord.”

Ephesians 4:25

So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.

1 Samuel 12:21

Don’t go back to worshiping worthless idols that cannot help or rescue you—they are totally useless!