English Standard Version
Psalms 3:4
4I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I cried to the Lord with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)I cried out to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy mountain. Interlude
Context of Psalms 3:4
2many are saying of my soul, "There is no salvation for him in God." Selah 3But you, O Lord, are a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head. I cried aloud to the Lord, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah 5I lay down and slept; I woke again, for the Lord sustained me. 6I will not be afraid of many thousands of people 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 cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 34:6This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him and saved him out of all his troubles.
- Psalms 50:15and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
- Psalms 66:17I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
- Psalms 86:3Be gracious to me, O Lord, for to you do I cry all the day.
- Psalms 91:15When he calls to me, 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 has heard my voice and my pleas for mercy.
- Psalms 130:1Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord!
- Psalms 138:3On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.
- Psalms 142:1With my voice I cry out to the Lord; with my voice I plead for mercy to the Lord.
- Isaiah 65:24Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear.
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- Matthew 7:7"Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise.
- Psalms 34:4I sought the Lord, and he answered me and delivered me from all my fears.
- Psalms 2:6"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
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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