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Psalms 3:4
4With my voice I was crying to the Lord, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.
Psalms 3:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)I call out to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)I cried to the Lord with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah
Context of Psalms 3:4
2Many are saying of me, “There is no help [no salvation] for him in God.” Selah. 3But You, O Lord, are a shield for me, My glory [and my honor], and the One who lifts my head. With my voice I was crying to the Lord, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah. 5I lay down and slept [safely]; I awakened, for the Lord sustains me. 6I will not be intimidated or afraid of the ten thousands Who have set themselves against me all around.
Read all of Psalms 3Psalms 3:4 word by word
ק֭וֹלִי אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִי מֵהַ֖ר קָדְשׁ֣וֹ סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 3:4
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I call out by day, but You do not answer; And by night, but I find no rest nor quiet.
- Psalms 34:6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him And saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalms 50:15Call on Me in the day of trouble; I will rescue you, and you shall honor and glorify Me.”
- Psalms 66:17I cried aloud to Him; He was highly praised with my tongue.
- Psalms 86:3Be gracious and merciful to me, O Lord, For to You I cry out all the day long.
- Psalms 91:15He will call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will rescue him and honor him.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord, because He hears [and continues to hear] My voice and my supplications (my pleas, my cries, my specific needs).
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths [of distress] I have cried to You, O Lord.
- Psalms 138:3On the day I called, You answered me; And You made me bold and confident with [renewed] strength in my life.
- Psalms 142:1I cry aloud with my voice to the Lord; I make supplication with my voice to the Lord.
- Isaiah 65:24It shall also come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call on Me and you will come and pray to Me, and I will hear [your voice] and I will listen to you.
- Matthew 7:7“ Ask and keep on asking and it will be given to you; seek and keep on seeking and you will find; knock and keep on knocking and the door will be opened to you.
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? He must pray. Is anyone joyful? He is to sing praises [to God].
- Psalms 34:4I sought the Lord [on the authority of His word], and He answered me, And delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalms 2:6“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
Commentaries on Psalms 3:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4I cried unto the Lord with my voice - He was exposed to much danger, and therefore he had need of fervor. He heard me - Notwithstanding my enemies said, and my friends feared, that there was no help for me in my God; yet he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah: mark this, and take encouragement from it. God never forsakes those who trust in him. He never shuts out the prayer of the distressed.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4I cried unto the Lord - That is, in these troubles, as he had always done in affliction. The form of the verb here is future - “I will cry” or call unto the Lord; probably, however, designed to state a general habit with him, that when troubles came he always called on the Lord. He speaks now of himself as if in the midst of the trouble; gives utterance to the feeling which he has always had in his sorrows; and says, “I will call upon the Lord,” thus…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-8Verses 4-8 Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's grace towards us, and the working of his grace in us; between his favour and our faith. He had always been very safe under the Divine protection. This is applicable to the common mercies of every night, for which we ought to give thanks every morning…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The psalmist looks away from his enemies and focuses on the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. cried ... heard--Such has been my experience. The latter verb denotes a gracious hearing or answering. out of--or, "from." his holy hill--Zion (Psa 2:6). His visible earthly residence.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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