Psalms 4:1

When I called upon him, the God of my righteousness heard me: you have made room for me in tribulation; pity me, and listen to my prayer. 1

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

In Context

2O you⌃ sons of men, how long will you⌃ be + 4:2 Lit. heavy of heart. slow of heart? therefore do you⌃ love vanity, and seek falsehood? Pause. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 17:37The Lord who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this uncircumcised Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord shall be with you.

1 Samuel 23:26And Saul and his men go on one side of the mountain, and David and his men are on the other side of the mountain: and David was hiding himself to escape from Saul: and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, in order to take them.

Job 36:16And he has also enticed you out of the mouth of the enemy:

Psalms 11:7You, O Lord, shall keep us, and shall preserve us, from this generation, and for ever. 1

Psalms 24:5Lead me in your truth, and teach me: for you are God my Saviour: and I have waited on you all the day. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 4:1

David was a preacher, a royal preacher, as well as Solomon; many of his psalms are doctrinal and practical as well as devotional; the greatest part of this psalm is so, in which Wisdom cries to men, to the sons of men (as Prov. viii. 4, 5 ), to receive instruction. The title does not tell us, as that of the former did, that it was penned on any particular occasion, nor are we to think that all the psalms were occasional, though some were, but that many of them were designed in general for the instruction of the… Read the whole commentary →

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