Psalm 4:1
“Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 4Meaning
The opening verse establishes the psalm as prayer. Remembered enlargement does not end the crisis; it becomes the basis for another honest appeal.
Prayer for mercy from remembered relief
Opens with an appeal to the God who has previously made room in distress and asks to be heard again.
Read carefully
The phrase appeals to God as the source and defender of right; it does not erase the speaker’s need for mercy.
Reflection
Name the current need while remembering concrete occasions when God gave room to endure or act faithfully.