Psalms 3:4
With my voice—unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.]
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
5I, laid me down and slept,—I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!
Cross References
Psalms 2:6Yet, I, have installed my king,—on Zion my holy mountain.
Psalms 22:2My God! I keep crying—By day, and thou dost not answer, and, By night, and there is no rest for me.
Psalms 28:7Yahweh, is my strength and my shield, In him, hath trusted my heart, and I have found help,—Therefore hath my heart danced for joy, and, with my song, do I praise him.
Psalms 34:6This, oppressed one cried, and, Yahweh, heard—and, out of all his distresses, saved him.
Psalms 50:15Call upon me, then, in the day of distress, I will deliver thee, that thou mayest glorify me.
Psalms 66:17Unto him—with my mouth, did I cry, And high 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 →