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.
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.