Psalms 3:4 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. ”

Psalms 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

: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 Vulgat...
Psalms 3:4 - 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 ins...
Psalms 3:4 - 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.
Psalms 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I cried unto the LORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. I cried unto the Lord with my voice - He was exposed to much danger, and therefore he had need of fervor. He heard m...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With my voice. — That is, aloud. The verbs are present, expressing the habit of the royal psalmist.
Psalms 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 3:1-8 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, a...
Psalms 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Morning and Evening Prayers Psalms 3:1-8 ; Psalms 4:1-8 These psalms probably date from David's flight before Absalom, 2 Samuel 16:1-23 . It is the perfection of trust to be able to sleep whe...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 h...
Psalms 3:4 - 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 Go...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Confidence in God. 4 I cried unto the L ORD with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah. 5 I laid me...
Psalms 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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...
Psalms 3:4 - 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...
Psalms 3:4 - 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 th...
Psalms 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 sh...
Psalms 3:4 - 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 di...
Psalms 3:4 - 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 a...
Psalms 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 questio...
Psalms 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Morning Prayer of a Christian in Danger and Affliction. A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom, his son, 2 Samuel 15:14 , probably written on the morning after the day of the flight, when Da...
Psalms 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 65:24 ; James 5:13 ; Jeremiah 29:12 ; Jeremiah 29:13 ; Matthew 7:7 ; Psalms 116:1-4 ; Psalms 130:1 ; Psalms 130:2 ; Psalms 132:13 ; Psalms 132:14 ; Psalms 138:3 ; Psalms 2:6 ; Psa...
Psalms 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Prefatory Psalms Psalms 1:1-6 , Psalms 2:1-12 , and Psalms 3:1-8 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The first chapter of the Psalm is its preface. You may call it, if you wish, the prefatory Psalm....
Psalms 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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

Psalms 3:4 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 3:4 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 3:4 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 3:4 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 3:4 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 3:4 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 3:4 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 3:4 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 3:4 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 3:4 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 3:4 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes