Psalms 3:4
To the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
Majority Standard Bible
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
3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
5I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
Psalms 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
Psalms 28:7The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Psalms 34:6This poor man called out, and the LORD heard him; He saved him from all his troubles.
Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
Psalms 66:17I cried out to Him with my mouth and praised Him 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 →