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Psalm 3:4

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3:4To the Lord I cried out,8

and he answered me from his holy hill.9

(Selah)

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Footnotes

  1. 8 The prefixed verbal form could be an imperfect, yielding the translation “I cry out,” but the verb form in the next line (a vav [ו] consecutive with the preterite) suggests this is a brief narrative of what has already happened. Consequently the verb form in v. 4a is better understood as a preterite, “I cried out.” (For another example of the preterite of this same verb form, see Ps 30:8.) Sometime after the crisis arose, the psalmist prayed to the Lord and received an assuring answer. Now he confidently awaits the fulfillment of the divine promise.
  2. 9 His holy hill. That is, Zion (see Pss 2:6; 48:1–2). The psalmist recognizes that the Lord dwells in his sanctuary on Mount Zion.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

I cried aloud to the Lord,

and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

NIVNew International Version (2011)

I call out to the Lord,

and he answers me from his holy mountain.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

I cry aloud to the Lord,

and he answers me from his holy mountain.

Selah

NLTNew Living Translation

I cried out to the Lord,

and he answered me from his holy mountain.

Interlude

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

With my voice I call to Yahweh

and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

KJV 1900King James Version

I cried unto the Lord with my voice,

And he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.