Psalms 3 · Verse 4

Psalms 3:4

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.
Psalms 3:4, King James Version

Psalms 3:4 in other translations

BSBTo the LORD I cry aloud, and He answers me from His holy mountain. Selah
WEBI cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.
ASVI cry unto Jehovah with my voice, And he answereth me out of his holy hill. [Selah
YLTMy voice is unto Jehovah: I call: And He answereth me from his holy hill, Selah.
DARBYWith my voice will I call to Jehovah, and he will answer me from the hill of his holiness. Selah.
BBEI send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)
WebsterI cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me from his holy hill. Selah.

What does Psalms 3:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. cried ... heard--Such has been my experience. The latter verb denotes a gracious hearing or answering. out of--or, "from." his holy hill--Zion (Psa 2:6). His visible earthly residence.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 I cried unto the Lord with my voice - He was exposed to much danger, and therefore he had need of fervor. He heard me - Notwithstanding my enemies said, and my friends feared, that there was no help for me in my God; yet he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah: mark this, and take encouragement from it. God never forsakes those who trust in him. He never shuts out the prayer of the distressed.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 3:4-8
Care and grief do us good, when they engage us to pray to God, as in earnest. David had always found God ready to answer his prayers. Nothing can fix a gulf between the communications of God's grace towards us, and the working of his grace in us; between his favour and our faith. He had always been very safe under the Divine protection. This is applicable to the common mercies of every night, for which we ought to give thanks every morning. Many lie down, and cannot sleep, through pain of body, or anguish of mind, or the continual alarms of fear in the night. But it seems here rather to be meant of the calmness of David's spirit, in the midst of his dangers. The Lord, by his grace and the consolations of his Spirit, made him easy. It is a great mercy, when we are in trouble, to have our minds stayed upon God. Behold the Son of David composing himself to his rest upon the cross, that bed of sorrows; commending his Spirit into the Father's hands in full confidence of a joyful resurrection. Behold this, O Christian: let faith teach thee how to sleep, and how to die; while it assures thee that as sleep is a short death, so death is only a longer sleep; the same God watches over thee, in thy bed and in thy grave. David's faith became triumphant. He began the psalm with complaints of the strength and malice of his enemies; but concludes with rejoicing in the power and grace of his God, and now sees more with him than against him. Salvation belongeth unto the Lord; he has power to save, be the danger ever so great. All that have the Lord for their God, are sure of salvation; for he who is their God, is the God of Salvation.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 3:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ק֭וֹלִיKo.livoice myH6963
אֶל\־'el-toH413
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'I called outH7121
וַיַּֽעֲנֵ֨נִיvai.ya.'a.Ne.niand he answered meH6030
מֵהַ֖רme.Harfrom [the] mountain ofH2022
קָדְשׁ֣וֹka.de.Shoholiness hisH6944
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 3:4

  • Psalms 34:4

    I sought the Lord, and he heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.

  • Psalms 91:15

    He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.

  • Isaiah 65:24

    And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.

  • Psalms 34:6

    This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.

  • Psalms 2:6

    Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

  • Matthew 7:7

    Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:

  • Psalms 43:3

    O send out thy light and thy truth: let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.

  • James 5:13

    Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.

  • Jeremiah 29:12-13

    Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I will hearken unto you. And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart.

  • Psalms 132:13-14

    For the Lord hath chosen Zion; he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell; for I have desired it.

  • Psalms 99:9

    Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

  • Psalms 138:3

    In the day when I cried thou answeredst me, and strengthenedst me with strength in my soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I cried.
22:2-5; 34:6; 50:15; 66:17-19; 86:3,4; 91:15; 116:1-4; 130:1,2; 138:3
142:1-3; Isa 65:24; Jer 29:12,13; Mt 7:7; Jas 5:13
he.
34:4
his.
2:6; 43:3; 99:9; 132:13,14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 3:3

    But thou, O Lord, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

  • Psalms 3:4

    I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

  • Psalms 3:5

    I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the Lord sustained me.

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Psalms 3:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Con mi voz clamé á Jehová, y él me respondió desde el monte de su santidad. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais toi, Éternel! tu es un bouclier pour moi; tu es ma gloire, et celui qui élève ma tête.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mit meiner Stimme rufe ich zu Jehova, und er antwortet mir von seinem heiligen Berge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Tu autem Domine, susceptor meus es, gloria mea, et exaltans caput meum.