Psalm 4/Notes/Phrasal.v. 6.682989

• If v. 3 refers to the worship of false gods, then we prefer to understand the phrase right sacrifices (זִבְחֵי־צֶדֶק) as referring to sacrifices offered to YHWH (and not to another god) in accordance with YHWH's law (cf. Deut 33:19; Ps 51:21; cf. NET: "prescribed sacrifices;" Baethgen 1904, 10). In contrast, see NLT: "Offer sacrifices in the right spirit;" GWT: "Offer the sacrifices of righteousness by trusting the LORD." For an alternative view, see Waltke: "The sense, however, is probably not that the sacrifices conform to the Law (contra Buttenweiser and Briggs) - although this idea cannot be excluded - but is a metonymy for the one offering the sacrifice - that is to say, he is righteous (see v. 1[2]). Just as the one qualified to enter the sacred temple site is said to enter the 'gates of righteousness' (Ps 118:19) - surely not a reference to the standards for the gate itself - so the sacrifices offered by the one admitted through the gates into the temple's precincts are said to be righteousness" (Waltke 2010, 237).