Psalms 4:1
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
2 How long, O men, will my honor be maligned? How long will you love vanity and seek after lies ? Selah
3 Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself; the LORD hears when I call to Him.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
- KJV
- Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- WEB
- Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
- ASV
- Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness; Thou hast set me at large [when I was] in distress: Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.} When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer.
- BLB
- For the one directing. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> In my calling out, may You answer me, O God of my righteousness! In [my] distress, You widened [it] for me; show me favor and hear my prayer.
- ÅB
- Svar meg når jeg roper til deg, min rettferdighets Gud!
Lindre trengslene mine!
Vær nådig mot meg og hør min bønn! - OTB
- Svar meg når jeg roper, min rettferdighets Gud!
Du har gitt meg rom i min nød;
Vær nådig mot meg og hør min bønn. - B1930
- Når jeg roper, da svar mig, min rettferdighets Gud! I trengsel har du gitt mig rum; vær mig nådig og hør min bønn!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 1:10
He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us. In Him we have placed our hope that He will yet again deliver us,
Read in contextExodus 34:6–7
Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
Read in contextPsalms 40:1–3
I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
Read in contextPsalms 18:18–19
They confronted me in my day of calamity, but the LORD was my support.
Read in contextPsalms 119:132
Turn to me and show me mercy, as You do to those who love Your name.
Read in context2 Corinthians 5:20–21
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
Read in contextPsalms 25:16
Turn to me and be gracious, for I am lonely and afflicted.
Read in contextPsalms 17:6
I call on You, O God, for You will answer me. Incline Your ear to me; hear my words.
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