UNROLL
Dusk over a small stone village on its hill, the sun already gone, a few tiny lamps in doorways and smoke rising from one roof under a deepening blue sky.

Trust · David

Psalm 4

The evening prayer. For the night you can’t stop going over what they said.

8 verses≈ 3 minBSB

Images are artistic interpretations.

Tap any post to go deeper

Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'Psalm 4
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last Hallelujah

Answer Me When I Call!

Morning light on a white linen cloth spread over a low fieldstone wall: a pair of bronze cymbals, a small wooden lyre and an upright harp leaning beside it, with the dark tent blurred behind.

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Answer me when I call,

O God of my righteousness!

You have relieved my distress;

show me grace and hear my prayer.

Tap to go deeper: meaning, history and related Scripture

How long, O men, will my honor be maligned?

How long will you love vanity and seek after lies?

Selah

Know that the LORD has set apart the godly for Himself;

the LORD hears when I call to Him.

Be angry, yet do not sin;

on your bed, search your heart and be still.

Selah

Offer the sacrifices of the righteous

and trust in the LORD.

Be angry, yet do not sin

Reflect

Before the sun sets

What are you still angry about tonight? Say it to God before you sleep.

Bright harvest noon: a threshing floor heaped with grain below, men treading grapes in a rock-cut vat, jars being filled and children running.

Many ask, “Who can show us the good?”

Shine the light of Your face upon us, O LORD.

You have filled my heart with more joy

than when grain and new wine abound.

0:11

Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

I will lie down and sleep in peace,

for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

You’ve experienced

Psalm 4

0 of 150 psalms read

A verse to carry with you

I will lie down and sleep in peace, for You alone, O LORD, make me dwell in safety.

Psalm 4:8

or swipe left