Evening Prayer of Trust in God.

[a]For the music director; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

(A)Answer me when (B)I call, God [b]of my righteousness!
You have [c](C)relieved me in my distress;
Be (D)gracious to me and (E)hear my prayer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4 Title I.e., Belonging to the choir director’s anthology
  2. Psalm 4:1 I.e., who maintains my right
  3. Psalm 4:1 Lit made room for

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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And You have not (A)handed me over to the enemy;
You have set my feet in a large place.

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You have not given me into the hands(A) of the enemy
    but have set my feet in a spacious place.(B)

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And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

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From my (A)distress I called upon [a]the Lord;
[b]The Lord answered me and (B)put me in an open space.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:5 Heb Yah
  2. Psalm 118:5 Heb Yah

When hard pressed,(A) I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.(B)

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I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

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