Answer Me When I Call
To the (A)choirmaster: with (B)stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.
4 Answer me when I call, O God of my (C)righteousness!
You have (D)given me relief when I was in distress.
Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!
2 O men, how long shall my honour be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after (E)lies? Selah
3 But know that the Lord has (F)set apart (G)the godly for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.
4 (H)Be angry, and do not sin;
(I)ponder in your own hearts (J)on your beds, and be silent. Selah
5 Offer (K)right sacrifices,
and put your (L)trust in the Lord.
6 There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
(M)Lift up (N)the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
7 You have put (O)more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.
8 In peace I will both (P)lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me (Q)dwell in safety.
Footnotes
- Psalm 4:2
- Psalm 4:4
Cross references
- Psalm 4:1 : Ps. 61, title; Hab. 3:19
- Psalm 4:1 : Ps. 61, title; Hab. 3:19
- Psalm 4:1 : Isa. 54:17; Jer. 23:6
- Psalm 4:1 : See Job 36:16
- Psalm 4:2 : [Ps. 5:6]
- Psalm 4:3 : [Ex. 11:7]
- Psalm 4:3 : [Ps. 50:5]
- Psalm 4:4 : Cited Eph. 4:26
- Psalm 4:4 : Ps. 77:6
- Psalm 4:4 : See Ps. 42:8
- Psalm 4:5 : Ps. 51:19; Deut. 33:19
- Psalm 4:5 : Ps. 37:3; 62:8
- Psalm 4:6 : Num. 6:26
- Psalm 4:6 : Ps. 89:15; [Ps. 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19; 119:135]
- Psalm 4:7 : [Isa. 9:3; 16:10; Jer. 48:38]
- Psalm 4:8 : See Ps. 3:5
- Psalm 4:8 : Ps. 16:9; Lev. 25:18, 19; 26:5; Deut. 33:28
