Psalms 3:4
(3-5) With my voice I call unto the LORD, and He answereth me out of His holy mountain. Selah
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
In Context
3(3-4) But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
5(3-6) I lay me down, and I sleep; I awake, for the LORD sustaineth me.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6'Truly it is I that have established My king upon Zion, My holy mountain.'
Psalms 22:2(22-3) O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.
Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield, in Him hath my heart trusted, and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoiceth, and with my song will I praise Him.
Psalms 34:6(34-7) This poor man cried, and the LORD heard, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Psalms 50:15And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'
Psalms 66:17I cried unto Him with my mouth, and He was extolled with my tongue.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 3:2-4
Distress and Confidence. 1 Lord , how are they increased that trouble me! many are they that rise up against me. 2 Many there be which say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah. 3 But thou, O Lord , art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head. The title of this psalm and many others is as a key hung ready at the door, to open it, and let us into the entertainments of it; when we know upon what occasion a psalm was penned we know the better how to expound it. This was composed, or at… Read the whole commentary →