Psalm 4:1

The Passion Translation

God, you are my righteousness, my Champion Defender. Answer me when I cry for help! Whenever I was in distress, you enlarged me. I’m being squeezed again—I need your kindness right away! Grant me your grace, hear my prayer, and set me free!

Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:10

He has rescued us from terrifying encounters with death. And now we fasten our hopes on him to continue to deliver us from death yet again,

Psalm 119:132

Turn your heart to me, Lord, and show me your grace like you do to every one of your godly lovers.

Psalm 25:16

Sorrows fill my heart as I feel helpless, mistreated— I’m all alone and in misery! Come closer to me now, for I need your mercy.

Jeremiah 23:6

Under his rule, Judah and Israel will be kept safe and secure. He will be known by this name: Yahweh, Our Righteousness!

Psalm 17:6

You will answer me, God; I know you always will. Hear my words like you always do as you listen to my every prayer.

Isaiah 45:24

All will say of me, ‘Yes! Only in Yahweh do I find righteousness and strength!’ And all who were angry with me will come before me and regret it!

Psalm 143:2

Don’t bring me into your courtroom for judgment, for there is no one who is righteous before you.

Psalm 57:1

Please, God, show me mercy! Open your grace-fountain for me, for you are my soul’s true shelter. I will hide beneath the shadow of your embrace, under the wings of your cherubim, until this terrible trouble is past.

Psalm 45:1

My heart is on fire, boiling over with passion. Bubbling up within me are these beautiful lyrics as a lovely poem to be sung for the King. Like a river bursting its banks, I’m overflowing with words, spilling out into this sacred story.

Psalm 22:1

God, my God! Why would you abandon me now?

2 Corinthians 1:8

Brothers and sisters, you need to know about the severe trials we experienced while we were in western Turkey. All of the hardships we passed through crushed us beyond our ability to endure, and we were so completely overwhelmed that we were about to give up entirely.

1 Corinthians 1:30

For it is not from man that we draw our life but from God as we are being joined to Jesus, the Anointed One. And now he is our God-given wisdom, our virtue, our holiness, and our redemption.

Psalm 76:1

God is well known in the land of Judah. He is famous throughout Israel,

Psalm 67:1

God, keep us near your mercy-fountain and bless us! And when you look down on us, may your face beam with joy! Pause in his presence

Psalm 42:1

I long to drink of you, O God, to drink deeply from the streams of pleasure flowing from your presence. My longings overwhelm me for more of you!

Psalm 31:8

You have kept me from being conquered by my enemy; you broke open the way to bring me to freedom, into a beautiful, broad place.

Psalm 24:5

They will receive Yahweh’s blessing and righteousness given by the Savior-God.

Psalm 11:7

But remember this: Yahweh is the Righteous One who loves justice, and every godly one will gaze upon his face!

Psalm 116:16

Lord, because I am your loving servant, you have broken open my life and freed me from my chains.

Psalm 116:6

So I’ve learned from my experience that God protects the vulnerable. For I was broken and brought low, but he answered me and came to my rescue!

Psalm 56:1

Lord, show me your kindness and mercy, for these men oppose and oppress me all day long.

Psalm 41:12

Now stand up for me and don’t let me fall, for I’ve walked with integrity. Keep me before your face forever.

Psalm 6:1

Yahweh, don’t condemn me. Don’t punish me in your fiery anger.