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Psalms 3:4

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, in loud and fervent supplication, and He heard me out of His holy hill, the mountain of His presence, Mount Zion, where the Tabernacle had now been erected and where the Temple was afterwards built. Selah. Again a pause in the psalm, in order to bring home the great truth of the Lord's answering prayer.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 3:4. _I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE_] He was exposed to much danger, and therefore he had need of _fervour_. _HE HEARD ME_] Notwithstanding my enemies said, and my friends feared,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    :Title A PSALM OF DAVID - literally, belonging to David; that is, belonging to him as the author. This is marked in the Hebrew as the first verse, and so in the Syriac version, the Latin Vulgate, and...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    I CRIED UNTO THE LORD - That is, in these troubles, as he had always done in affliction. The form of the verb here is future - “I will cry” or call unto the Lord; probably, however, designed to state...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 3 SORROWS AND TRIALS OF THE GODLY REMNANT (3-7) _ 1. Persecution and comfort (Psalms 3:1)_ 2. Arise Jehovah! Save me, O my God (Psalms 3:5) The five Psalms which follow bring before us the g...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    III. A MORNING HYMN OF TRIUMPH AND PEACE. It is a king or party leader who speaks, but who he was or when he wrote we cannot say. The conjecture in the title is of no value except as an extreme instan...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    CRIED. shall cry. HEARD. will answer. HOLY HILL. See note on Psalms 2:6. SELAH. Connecting the peace which comes from prayer, as in Philippians 1:4; Philippians 1:6. See App-66....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 3 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Conspiracy, Confidence, Courage and Victory. Chief Conspirator left Unnamed! ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 3:1-2, A Surprising Conspiracy. Stanza II., Psalms 3:3-4, Unshaken...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE, AND HE HEARD ME OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL. SELAH._ I cried ... he heard me - `He answered х_ `AANAH_ (H6030)] me.' David's habit of "crying" to the Lord at all times,...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This is the first of the 'Davidic' Psalms. It is a morning prayer as Psalms 3:6 suggests. The heading of the Ps. provides a historical setting for it in the revolt of Absalom, and it is the only Ps. s...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL] i.e. Zion, the seat of Jehovah's worship, where in a special sense He was present. The Psalmist was probably at a distance from Jerusalem. SELAH] This word is found 71 times in t...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WITH MY VOICE. — That is, _aloud._ The verbs are present, expressing the habit of the royal psalmist....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 3:5]_ קֹ֭ולִי אֶל ־יְהוָ֣ה אֶקְרָ֑א וַ...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 3:1 ANOTHER pair of psalms follows the two of the Introduction. They are closely connected linguistically, structurally, and in subject. The one is a morning, the other an evening hymn, and pos...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MORNING AND EVENING PRAYERS Psalms 3:1; Psalms 4:1 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1. It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep when our foes are ma...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a morning psalm. It is the song of a soul in grave peril as a new day dawns. The consciousness of difficulty is first uttered. Adversaries are increased, and the bitterest part of the pain is...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Protector. Hebrew, "shield." --- Glory. God is the hope of his servants, (1 Corinthians xv. 31.) and grants their requests. (Calmet) --- He has not abandoned me, when I had fallen into sin. (Haydock)...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Reader! see what grace can do! And depend upon it, when grace and faith are in lively exercise the more the opposition is made from without, the stronger the comforts will be within. Oh! how blessed i...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    4._With my voice have I cried unto the Lord. _He here informs us that he had never been so broken by adversity, or cast down by impious scornings, (42) as to be prevented from addressing his prayers t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    The first, Psalms 3, gives the condition in general in contrast with Psalms 2, and the support and confidence of faith in it. The troublers of the godly man are multiplied, haughty, and triumphing ove...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I CRIED UNTO THE LORD WITH MY VOICE,.... The experience which the psalmist had of being heard in prayer, was what gave great encouragement to his faith, as to his interest in God and salvation by him,...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. Ver. 4. _I cried unto the Lord with my voice_] I prayed aloud and lustily; I roused up myself, and wrestled with God:...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I cried unto the Lord with my voice_ By prayer I commended myself to the divine protection; _and he heard me out of his holy hill_ Out of heaven, so called Psalms 15:1. _I laid me down and slept_ Sec...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 gr...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    WITH MY VOICE; the witness of my faith and fervency of affections. OUT OF HIS HOLY HILL; either out of heaven, so called PSALMS 15:1: compare ISAIAH 66:1. Or rather, 2. Out of the hill of Zion, where...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 3:4 cried H7121 (H8799) LORD H3068 voice H6963 heard H6030 (H8799) holy H6944 hill H2022 Selah...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    SECTION 2. HIS RECOGNITION OF GOD'S HELP AND PROTECTION. ‘But you, O YHWH, are a shield about me, My glory and the lifter up of my head. I was crying to YHWH with my voice, And he was answering me...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    These may be called very properly morning and evening Psalms. The third Psalm is the morning Psalm. A psalm of David when he fled from Absalom, his son. A dark hour that for David, preceded by the sha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: A prayer of David (when he fled from Absalom). CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: God is a shield for His trusting people. He wards off the fiery darts of Satan and the storms of trouble,...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Psalms 3:4. _Selah._ This word, as all seem agreed, refers to the singing and music only, the better to adapt changes of airs to the sentiments of the psalm; and yet the sense is given with much diver...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Selah._ STOP AND THINK That seems to sum up the several meanings of the word “Selah.” Some say it is a direction to the musicians to play an interlude while the singers ceased; some regard it as a d...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _But Thou, O Lord, art a shield for me._ A MAN’S BEST CONFIDENCE IN TRIAL These verses show how much a man may have in reality when he seems to have absolutely nothing in appearance. David has descri...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Lord, how are they increased that trouble me._ MORNING THOUGHTS With returning day there comes back on the monarch’s heart the recollection of the enemies who threaten him, a nation up in arms again...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 3:1. This is the first psalm with a title. The title names David as the author and ties the psalm to Absalom’s rebellion (2 Samuel 15:1). Fou

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    MINORITIES AND MAJORITIES _Introduction_ “The preceding psalm had set before us the utter vanity of all attempts to injure the throne of God’s anointed King—Messiah. The present psalm relates to tha...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION Tins psalm is entitled, "a Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son;" literally, "in his flight from Absalom his son." The historical correctness of the title has been questioned (H...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The third psalm is a psalm of David when he was fleeing from Absalom. Going over the Mount of Olives and out towards the Judean wilderness on news that Absalom was coming with an army from Hebron. And...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 65:24; James 5:13; Jeremiah 29:12; Jeremiah 29:13; Matthew 7:7

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    DAVID'S TRUST IN GOD Psalms 3:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS As an introduction to the Third Psalm we want to give you a vision of the young man Absalom, the son of David, who is described as the basis of Da...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    THE PREFATORY PSALMS Psalms 1:1, _Psalms 2:1, and Psalms 3:1_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm. It gives you the ke...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    His hill — Out of heaven, so called, Psalms 15:1....

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