Psalms 3:4
When loudly I call to the Lord, from his holy hill he gives answer. Selah
Open English Bible (US)
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, Lord, are shield about me, my glory, who lifts up my head.
5I laid down and slept: now I wake, for the Lord sustains me.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6“This my king is installed by me, on Zion my holy mountain.”
Psalms 22:2I cry in the day, you do not answer, I cry in the night but find no rest.
Psalms 28:7The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him. I was helped: so my heart is exultant, and in my song I will praise him.
Psalms 34:6Here is one who was crushed, but cried and was heard by the Lord, and brought safe out of every trouble.
Psalms 50:15Summon me in the day of distress, I will rescue you, so will you honor me.”
Psalms 66:17For my mouth had no sooner invoked him than his praise was under 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 →