Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness. In trouble {deliver me}. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
New American Standard Bible
You have
Be
King James Version
{To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.} 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.
Holman Bible
For the choir director: with stringed instruments.
God, who vindicates me.
You freed me from affliction;
be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
International Standard Version
When I call, answer me, my righteous God! When I was in distress, you set me free. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
A Conservative Version
Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
American Standard Version
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.
Amplified
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.
Bible in Basic English
Give answer to my cry, O God of my righteousness; make me free from my troubles; have mercy on me, and give ear to my prayer.
Darby Translation
{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.
Julia Smith Translation
To the overseer upon the stringed instruments; chanting of David. In my calling, answer me, O God of my justice: in straits thou didst enlarge me; compassionate me and hear my prayer.
King James 2000
[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.] Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: you have delivered me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Modern King James verseion
To the Chief Musician, for stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness; You gave room to me in trouble; have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
{To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.
NET Bible
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments; a psalm of David. When I call out, answer me, O God who vindicates me! Though I am hemmed in, you will lead me into a wide, open place. Have mercy on me and respond to my prayer!
New Heart English Bible
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
The Emphasized Bible
When I cry, answer me, O mine own righteous God, In a strait place, thou hast made room for me, Show me favour, and hear my prayer.
Webster
To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. 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.
World English Bible
Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness. Give me relief from my distress. Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.
Youngs Literal Translation
To the Overseer with Stringed Instruments. -- A Psalm of David. In my calling answer Thou me, O God of my righteousness. In adversity Thou gavest enlargement to me; Favour me, and hear my prayer.
Topics
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 4:1
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Night Prayer
1 When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness. In trouble {deliver me}. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer. 2 O sons of man, how long will my honor be a disgrace? [How long] will you love vanity? [How long] will you seek lies? Selah
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:6-7
And Yahweh passed over before him, and he proclaimed, "Yahweh, Yahweh, God, [who is] compassionate and gracious, {slow to anger}, and abounding with loyal love and faithfulness,
Job 36:16
And what's more, he allured you {out of distress} [into] a broad place, [where] in place of it [was] no constraint; and [what] was set on your table is full of fatness.
Psalm 17:6
As for me, I have called on you because you will answer me, O God. Incline your ear to me. Hear my words.
Psalm 18:18-19
They confronted me on the day of disaster, but Yahweh was my support.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell {in safety}, and this [is] his name [by] which he will be called: 'Yahweh [is] our righteousness.'
Habakkuk 3:19
Yahweh, my Lord, [is] my strength; he makes my feet like the deer; he causes me to walk on my high places. To the choirmaster with stringed instruments.
1 Samuel 17:37
And David said, "Yahweh, who rescued me from the hand of the lion and from the hand of the bear, will rescue me from the hand of this Philistine!" Then Saul said to David, "Go and may Yahweh be with you!"
1 Samuel 19:11-12
Then Saul sent messengers to David's house to guard him and to kill him in the morning, but Michal his wife told David, saying, "If {you do not save your life} tonight, [then] tomorrow you [will be] killed!"
1 Samuel 23:26-28
Saul went {on one side of the mountain}, and David and his men {went on the other side of the mountain}. David was hurrying to get away from Saul, while Saul and his men [were] closing in on David and his men to capture them.
1 Chronicles 25:1-6
And David and the commanders of the army set apart for the service the sons of Asaph, [of] Heman, and [of] Jeduthun, who prophesied with stringed instruments, with harps, and with cymbals. And their inventory of the men of the work [and] for their duty was:
Psalm 6:1
O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.
Psalm 11:7
For Yahweh [is] righteous; he loves righteous deeds. [The] upright shall see his face.
Psalm 22:1
My God, my God why have you forsaken me? [Why are you] far from helping me, [far from] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 24:5
He will receive blessing from Yahweh, and justice from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 25:16
Turn to me and have mercy on me because I [am] lonely and afflicted.
Psalm 31:8
And you have not delivered me into [the] hand of [the] enemy. You have set my feet in a broad place.
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for Yahweh, And he inclined to me and heard my cry for help.
Psalm 41:12
As for me, you have upheld me in my integrity, and you have set me in your presence forever.
Psalm 42:1
As a deer longs for streams of water, so my soul longs for you, O God.
Psalm 45:1
My heart is moved [with] a good word; I recite my {compositions} to [the] king. My tongue [is the] pen [of] a skilled scribe.
Psalm 56:1
Be gracious to me, O God, because humankind has trampled me; fighting all the day he oppresses me.
Psalm 57:1
Be gracious to me, O God, be gracious to me, because in you my soul takes refuge. In the shadow of your wings I will take refuge until destruction passes by.
Psalm 67:1
May God be gracious to us and bless us. May he cause his face to shine toward us, Selah
Psalm 76:1
God [is] known in Judah. His name [is] great in Israel.
Psalm 86:3-5
Be gracious to me, O Lord, because I call to you {all day long}.
Psalm 116:6
Yahweh watches over [the] simple. I was brought low, but he gave me victory.
Psalm 116:16
Ah, Yahweh, I [am] indeed your servant; I am your servant, the child of your maidservant. You have loosed my bonds.
Psalm 119:75-77
I know, O Yahweh, that your judgments [are] right, and [that] in faithfulness you afflicted me.
Psalm 119:132
Turn to me and be gracious to me, as [is] proper for those who love your name.
Psalm 143:2
And do not enter into judgment with your servant, because no one alive [is] righteous before you.
Isaiah 45:24
'Only in Yahweh,' one shall say to me, '[are] righteousness and strength.' He shall come to him, and all those who were angry with him shall be ashamed.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But from him you are in Christ Jesus, who became wisdom to us from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction that happened in the [province of] Asia, that we were burdened to an extraordinary degree, beyond [our] strength, so that we were in despair even of living.
2 Corinthians 1:10
who delivered us from so great [a risk] of death, and will deliver [us], in whom we have put our hope that he will also deliver [us] again,
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
Therefore we are ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as [if] God were imploring [you] through us. We beg [you] on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.