Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. 2 O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor? Will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah.
Phrases
Cross References
Exodus 34:6-7
And LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, LORD, LORD, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
Job 36:16
Yea, he would have allured thee out of distress into a broad place, where there is no confinement, and that which is set on thy table would be full of fatness.
Psalm 17:6
I have called upon thee, for thou will answer me, O God. Incline thine ear to me, [and] hear my speech.
Psalm 18:18-19
They came upon me in the day of my calamity, but LORD was my stay.
Jeremiah 23:6
In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: LORD our righteousness.
Habakkuk 3:19
LORD, the Lord, is my strength. And he makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and will make me to walk upon my high places.
1 Samuel 17:37
And David said, LORD who delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and LORD shall be with thee.
1 Samuel 19:11-12
And Saul sent messengers to David's house, to watch him, and to kill him in the morning. And Michal, David's wife, told him, saying, If thou save not thy life tonight, tomorrow thou will be slain.
1 Samuel 23:26-28
And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David made haste to get away for fear of Saul. For Saul and his men encompassed David and his men round about to take them.
1 Chronicles 25:1-6
Moreover David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals. And the number of those who did t
Psalm 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Psalm 11:7
For LORD is righteous. He loves righteousness. The upright man shall behold his face.
Psalm 22:1
My God, my God, why have thou forsaken me, far from helping me, [and] the words of my groaning?
Psalm 24:5
He shall receive a blessing from LORD, and righteousness from the God of his salvation.
Psalm 25:16
Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me, for I am desolate and afflicted.
Psalm 31:8
and thou have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. Thou have set my feet in a large place.
Psalm 40:1-3
I waited patiently for LORD, and he inclined to me, and heard my cry.
Psalm 41:12
And as for me, thou uphold me in my integrity, and set me before thy face forever.
Psalm 42:1
As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.
Psalm 45:1
My heart overflows with a good matter. I speak the things which I have made concerning the king. My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
Psalm 56:1
Be merciful to me, O God, for man would swallow me up. Fighting all the day long he oppresses me.
Psalm 57:1
Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for my soul takes refuge in thee. Yea, in the shadow of thy wings I will take refuge until calamities be passed by.
Psalm 67:1
God be merciful to us, and bless us, [and] cause his face to shine upon us (Selah),
Psalm 76:1
In Judah God is known. His name is great in Israel.
Psalm 86:3-5
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for to thee do I cry all the day long.
Psalm 116:6
LORD preserves the simple. I was brought low, and he saved me.
Psalm 116:16
O LORD, truly I am thy servant. I am thy servant, the son of thy handmaid. Thou have loosed my bonds.
Psalm 119:75-77
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness thou have afflicted me.
Psalm 119:132
Turn thee to me, and have mercy upon me, as thou used to do to those who love thy name.
Psalm 143:2
And enter not into judgment with thy servant. For in thy sight no man living is righteous.
Isaiah 45:24
Only in LORD, it is said of me, is righteousness and strength. Even to him men shall come, and all those who were incensed against him shall be put to shame.
1 Corinthians 1:30
But ye are his, in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification and redemption,
2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about our affliction that happened to us in Asia, because we were extraordinarily weighed down, above strength, so as for us to despair even to be alive.
2 Corinthians 1:10
Who rescued us out of so great a death, and does rescue, in whom we have hoped that he will also still rescue.
2 Corinthians 5:20-21
We are therefore, ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were calling through us. We plead on behalf of Christ, be ye reconciled to God.