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

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.

And have not (A)shut[a] me up into the hand of the enemy;
(B)You have set my feet in a wide place.

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  1. Psalm 31:8 given me over

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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(A)I called on the Lord in distress;
The Lord answered me and (B)set me in a broad place.

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

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