God’s Word Translation
Psalms 3:4
4I call aloud to the Lord, and he answers 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 about me, “Even with God ⌞on his side⌟, he won’t be victorious.” Selah 3But you, O Lord, are a shield that surrounds me. You are my glory. You hold my head high. I call aloud to the Lord, and he answers me from his holy mountain. Selah 5I lie down and sleep. I wake up again because the Lord continues to support me. 6I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.
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 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer— also at night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 34:6Here is a poor man who called out. The Lord heard him and saved him from all his troubles.
- Psalms 50:15Call on me in times of trouble. I will rescue you, and you will honor me.”
- Psalms 66:17With my mouth I cried out to him. High praise was on my tongue.
- Psalms 86:3Have pity on me, O Lord, because I call out to you all day long.
- Psalms 91:15When you call to me, I will answer you. I will be with you when you are in trouble. I will save you and honor you.
- Psalms 116:1I love the Lord because he hears my voice, my pleas for mercy.
- Psalms 130:1O Lord, out of the depths I call to you.
- Psalms 138:3When I called, you answered me. You made me bold by strengthening my soul.
- Psalms 142:1Loudly, I cry to the Lord. Loudly, I plead with the Lord for mercy.
- Isaiah 65:24Before they call, I will answer. While they’re still speaking, I will hear.
- Jeremiah 29:12Then you will call to me. You will come and pray to me, and I will hear you.
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and you will receive. Search, and you will find. Knock, and the door will be opened for you.
- James 5:13If any of you are having trouble, pray. If you are happy, sing psalms.
- Psalms 34:4I went to the Lord for help. He answered me and rescued me from all my fears.
- Psalms 2:6“I have installed my own king on 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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