Psalm 3:4

I cried unto the Lord with my voice, and he heard me out of his holy hill. Selah.

Cross-references

Psalm 3:2 Parallel

Psalm 3:2 sets up the enemies' taunt that David answers by crying to God in verse 4.

Psalm 138:3 Parallel

Psalm 138:3 directly parallels: 'On the day I called, you answered me' — the same experience of answered prayer.

Psalm 34:4 Parallel

Psalm 34:4 mirrors the pattern of seeking God and being answered, directly paralleling David's experience.

Psalm 34:6 Parallel

Psalm 34:6 directly parallels the call-and-answer dynamic: the poor man called and was saved, just as in Psalm 3:4.

Psalm 50:15 Parallel

Psalm 50:15 provides the divine promise behind Psalm 3:4: 'Call on me... I will deliver you' — a direct command and assurance.

Psalm 91:15 Parallel

Psalm 91:15 echoes this pattern: 'He shall call upon me, and I will answer him' — a direct promise of divine response to the one who calls.

Psalm 116:1-4 recounts a similar experience: the psalmist loved the LORD because He heard his voice and pleas for mercy when in distress.

Psalm 6:8 Parallel

Psalm 6:8 declares that the LORD has heard David's weeping, directly echoing the confidence of being heard from His holy hill in Psalm 3:4.

Psalm 6:9 Parallel

Psalm 6:9 repeats the assurance that the LORD has heard David's supplication, reinforcing the same theme of answered prayer as Psalm 3:4.

Psalm 77:1 Parallel

Psalm 77:1 echoes the same pattern of crying aloud and being heard by God, reinforcing the theme of answered prayer.

Psalm 28:1 Contrast

Psalm 28:1 pleads for God not to be silent, contrasting with the confident declaration in Psalm 3:4 that God heard his cry.

Psalm 132:13 declares God chose Zion as his dwelling, the holy hill from which he answered in Psalm 3:4.

Psalm 66:17-19 adds the condition of not cherishing sin for God to hear, echoing the answered prayer theme of Psalm 3:4 with a moral nuance.

Psalm 132:14 continues that Zion is God's resting place, reinforcing the holy hill as his chosen abode.

Psalm 130:2 Parallel

Psalm 130:2 pleads for God to hear his voice, echoing the cry but without the assurance of being answered.

Psalm 142:1-3 describes crying out and pouring out complaint, but does not record an answer — only the act of calling.

Psalm 99:9 Parallel

Psalm 99:9 calls worship at God's 'holy mountain,' the same hill where God answered David's cry.

Psalm 43:3 Parallel

Psalm 43:3 also longs for God's 'holy hill,' reinforcing the significance of that place of divine presence.

Psalm 22:2-5 shows the pattern of crying out and being delivered, reinforcing the confidence in Psalm 3:4 that God answers from his holy mountain.

Psalm 5:2 Parallel

Psalm 5:2 is a plea for God to hear David's words, paralleling the cry in Psalm 3:4 but as a request rather than a declaration of being heard.

Psalm 86:3 Related theme

Psalm 86:3 emphasizes persistent calling all day long, reinforcing the prayerful posture that leads to the answer in Psalm 3:4.

Psalm 130:1 Related theme

Psalm 130:1 also cries 'out of the depths' to the LORD, but does not yet mention an answer — only the cry itself.

Isaiah 65:24 Related theme

Isaiah 65:24 intensifies this: 'Before they call I will answer' — God's response is even more immediate than in Psalm 3:4.

Jeremiah 29:12 promises: 'You will call upon me... and I will hear you' — a direct parallel to the answered cry.

Lamentations 3:56 affirms that God has heard the speaker's voice, mirroring the confidence of Psalm 3:4 that God heard from His holy hill.