Psalms 3:4
My voice [is] unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.
Young's Literal Translation
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
3And Thou, O Jehovah, [art] a shield for me, My honour, and lifter up of my head.
5I — I have lain down, and I sleep, I have waked, for Jehovah sustaineth me.
Cross References
Psalms 2:6'And I — I have anointed My King, Upon Zion — My holy hill.'
Psalms 22:2My God, I call by day, and Thou answerest not, And by night, and there is no silence to me.
Psalms 28:7Jehovah [is] my strength, and my shield, In Him my heart trusted, and I have been helped. And my heart exulteth, And with my song I thank Him.
Psalms 34:6This poor [one] called, and Jehovah heard, And from all his distresses saved him.
Psalms 50:15And call Me in a day of adversity, I deliver thee, and thou honourest Me.
Psalms 66:17Unto Him [with] my mouth I have called, And exaltation [is] 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 →