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Answer Me When I Call

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

 Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
   You have given me relief when I was in distress.
   Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!

² O men,^[a] how long shall my honor be turned into shame?
How long will you love vain words and seek after lies? Selah
³ But know that the Lord has set apart the godly for himself;
the Lord hears when I call to him.

⁴ Be angry,^[b] and do not sin;
ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
⁵ Offer right sacrifices,
and put your trust in the Lord.

⁶ There are many who say, “Who will show us some good?
Lift up the light of your face upon us, O Lord!”
⁷ You have put more joy in my heart
than they have when their grain and wine abound.

⁸ In peace I will both lie down and sleep;
for you alone, O Lord, make me dwell in safety.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 4:2 Or O men of rank
2. Psalm 4:4 Or Be agitated

Cross references:

1. Psalm 4:1 : Ps. 61, title; Hab. 3:19
2. Psalm 4:1 : Ps. 61, title; Hab. 3:19
3. Psalm 4:1 : Isa. 54:17; Jer. 23:6
4. Psalm 4:1 : See Job 36:16
5. Psalm 4:2 : [Ps. 5:6]
6. Psalm 4:3 : [Ex. 11:7]
7. Psalm 4:3 : [Ps. 50:5]
8. Psalm 4:4 : Cited Eph. 4:26
9. Psalm 4:4 : Ps. 77:6
10. Psalm 4:4 : See Ps. 42:8
11. Psalm 4:5 : Ps. 51:19; Deut. 33:19
12. Psalm 4:5 : Ps. 37:3; 62:8
13. Psalm 4:6 : Num. 6:26
14. Psalm 4:6 : Ps. 89:15; [Ps. 31:16; 67:1; 80:3, 7, 19; 119:135]
15. Psalm 4:7 : [Isa. 9:3; 16:10; Jer. 48:38]
16. Psalm 4:8 : See Ps. 3:5
17. Psalm 4:8 : Ps. 16:9; Lev. 25:18, 19; 26:5; Deut. 33:28