Psalm 4[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A psalm of David.

Answer me(A) when I call to you,
    my righteous God.
Give me relief from my distress;(B)
    have mercy(C) on me and hear my prayer.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 In Hebrew texts 4:1-8 is numbered 4:2-9.

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.

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The Safety of the Faithful

To the [a]Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
[b]Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 Choir Director
  2. Psalm 4:1 Be gracious to me

The captain went to him and said, “How can you sleep? Get up and call(A) on your god! Maybe he will take notice of us so that we will not perish.”(B)

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So the shipmaster came to him, and said unto him, What meanest thou, O sleeper? arise, call upon thy God, if so be that God will think upon us, that we perish not.

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So the captain came to him, and said to him, “What do you mean, sleeper? Arise, (A)call on your God; (B)perhaps your God will consider us, so that we may not perish.”

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