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.
David pleads with God to hear his prayer, and at the same time trusts that He does indeed. He is confident in God’s justice and love (righteousness and mercy), that because of His character, holiness and love, God hears his prayer. God has made him bigger and safer when he was in distress. There were many times of distress in David’s life, and God delivered him out of them all. Now in the present moment, he prays to God and believes Him to hear once again.
Calling upon God for Jesus’ sake and praying in His name is our first response to distress and trouble and worry in our lives. Indeed, living in such a world as we do, this kind of moment comes up every day, for we are always in some kind of stress. We may look to many sources for help, but our first resort is to turn to God in prayer. We trust Him to hear our prayer in time of need. He is holy and just and will always do the right thing. He is loving and merciful and wants to do what is good for us. He will enlarge us.