Tree of Life Version
Psalms 3:4
4But You, Adonai, are a shield around me, my glory and the lifter of my head.
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
2Adonai, how many are my foes! Many are rising up against me! 3Many are saying to my soul: “There is no deliverance for him in God.” Selah But You, Adonai, are a shield around me, my glory and the lifter of my head. 5I cry out to Adonai with my voice, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah 6I lie down and sleep. I awake—for Adonai sustains me.
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, my God, why have You forsaken me? Distant from my salvation are the words of my groaning.
- Psalms 34:6They who looked to Him were radiant, and their faces will never be ashamed.
- Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble. When I rescue you, you will honor Me.”
- Psalms 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth, and exaltation was on my tongue.
- Psalms 86:3Be gracious to me, my Lord, for to You I cry all day.
- Psalms 91:15When he calls on Me, I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble, rescue him, and honor him.
- Psalms 116:1I love Adonai, for He hears my voice, my cries.
- Psalms 130:1A Song of Ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, Adonai!
- Psalms 138:3On the day I called, You answered me. You made me bold with strength in my soul.
- Psalms 142:1A contemplative poem of David, when he was in the cave, a prayer.
- Isaiah 65:24And it will come to pass that before they call, I will answer, and while they are still speaking, I will hear.
- Jeremiah 29:12“Then you will call on Me, and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.
- Matthew 7:7“Ask, and it shall be given to you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you.
- James 5:13Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praises.
- Psalms 34:4Magnify Adonai with me and let us exalt His Name together.
- Psalms 2:6“I have set up 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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