Psalms 3:4

NETBible

To the Lord I cried out, 1  and he answered me from his holy hill. 2  (Selah)

NIV ©

To the LORD I cry aloud, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

NASB ©

I was crying to the LORD with my voice, And He answered me from His holy mountain. Selah.

NLT ©

I cried out to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy mountain. Interlude

MSG ©

With all my might I shout up to GOD, His answers thunder from the holy mountain.

BBE ©

I send up a cry to the Lord with my voice, and he gives me an answer from his holy hill. (Selah.)

NRSV ©

I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah

NKJV ©

I cried to the LORD with my voice, And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah

KJV
I cried
<07121> (8799)
unto the LORD
<03068>
with my voice
<06963>_,
and he heard
<06030> (8799)
me out of his holy
<06944>
hill
<02022>_.
Selah
<05542>_.
NASB ©
I was crying
<7121>
to the LORD
<3068>
with my voice
<6963>
, And He answered
<6030>
me from His holy
<6944>
mountain
<2022>
. Selah
<5542>
.
LXXM
(3:5) fwnh
<5456> 
N-DSF
mou
<1473> 
P-GS
prov
<4314> 
PREP
kurion
<2962> 
N-ASM
ekekraxa
<2896> 
V-AAI-1S
kai
<2532> 
CONJ
ephkousen {V-AAI-3S} mou
<1473> 
P-GS
ex
<1537> 
PREP
orouv
<3735> 
N-GSN
agiou
<40> 
A-GSN
autou
<846> 
D-GSM
diaqalma {N-NSN}
NET [draft] ITL
To
<0413>
the Lord
<03069>
I cried out
<07121>

<06963>
, and he answered
<06030>
me from his holy
<06944>
hill
<02022>
. (Selah
<05542>
)
HEBREW
hlo
<05542>
wsdq
<06944>
rhm
<02022>
ynneyw
<06030>
arqa
<07121>
hwhy
<03069>
la
<0413>
ylwq
<06963>
(3:4)
<3:5>
NETBible

To the Lord I cried out, 1  and he answered me from his holy hill. 2  (Selah)

NET Notes

1 tn 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 sn 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.