Psalm 4:1

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

ANSWER ME when I call, O God of my righteousness (uprightness, justice, and right standing with You)! You have freed me when I was hemmed in and enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me and hear my prayer.

Cross References

Job 36:16

Indeed, God would have allured you out of the mouth of distress into a broad place where there is no situation of perplexity or privation; and that which would be set on your table would be full of fatness.

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is [rigidly] righteous, He loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold His face, or He beholds the upright.

Psalm 116:16

O Lord, truly I am Your servant; I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid; You have loosed my bonds.

Psalm 116:6

The Lord preserves the simple; I was brought low, and He helped and saved me.

Psalm 119:132

Look upon me, be merciful unto me, and show me favor, as is Your way to those who love Your name.

Psalm 143:2

And enter not into judgment with Your servant, for in Your sight no man living is [in himself] righteous or justified. [Ps. 130:3; Rom. 3:20-26; Gal. 2:16.]

Psalm 17:6

I have called upon You, O God, for You will hear me; incline Your ear to me and hear my speech.

Psalm 22:1

MY GOD, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from helping me, and from the words of my groaning? [Matt. 27:46.]

Psalm 24:5

He shall receive blessing from the Lord and righteousness from the God of his salvation.

Psalm 25:16

[Lord] turn to me and be gracious to me, for I am lonely and afflicted.

Psalm 31:8

And You have not given me into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.

Psalm 41:12

And as for me, You have upheld me in my integrity and set me in Your presence forever.

Psalm 42:1

AS THE hart pants and longs for the water brooks, so I pant and long for You, O God.

Psalm 45:1

MY HEART overflows with a goodly theme; I address my psalm to a King. My tongue is like the pen of a ready writer.

Psalm 56:1

BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, for man would trample me or devour me; all the day long the adversary oppresses me.

Psalm 57:1

BE MERCIFUL and gracious to me, O God, be merciful and gracious to me, for my soul takes refuge and finds shelter and confidence in You; yes, in the shadow of Your wings will I take refuge and be confident until calamities and destructive storms are passed.

Psalm 6:1

O Lord, rebuke me not in Your anger nor discipline and chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

Psalm 67:1

GOD BE merciful and gracious to us and bless us and cause His face to shine upon us and among us–Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!–

Psalm 76:1

IN JUDAH God is known and renowned; His name is highly praised and is great in Israel.

Isaiah 45:24

Only in the Lord shall one say, I have righteousness (salvation and victory) and strength [to achieve]. To Him shall all come who were incensed against Him, and they shall be ashamed. [I Cor. 1:30, 31.]

Jeremiah 23:6

In His days Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is His name by which He shall be called: The Lord Our Righteousness. [Matt. 1:21-23; Rom. 3:22.]

Habakkuk 3:19

The Lord God is my Strength, my personal bravery, and my invincible army; He makes my feet like hinds' feet and will make me to walk [not to stand still in terror, but to walk] and make [spiritual] progress upon my high places [of trouble, suffering, or responsibility]! For the Chief Musician; with my stringed instruments.

1 Corinthians 1:30

But it is from Him that you have your life in Christ Jesus, Whom God made our Wisdom from God, [revealed to us a knowledge of the divine plan of salvation previously hidden, manifesting itself as] our Righteousness [thus making us upright and putting us in right standing with God], and our Consecration [making us pure and holy], and our Redemption [providing our ransom from eternal penalty for sin].

2 Corinthians 1:10

[For it is He] Who rescued and saved us from such a perilous death, and He will still rescue and save us; in and on Him we have set our hope (our joyful and confident expectation) that He will again deliver us [from danger and destruction and draw us to Himself],

2 Corinthians 1:8

For we do not want you to be uninformed, brethren, about the affliction and oppressing distress which befell us in [the province of] Asia, how we were so utterly and unbearably weighed down and crushed that we despaired even of life [itself].

1 Samuel 17:37

David said, The Lord Who delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and the Lord be with you!