Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have given me relief when I was in distress. Be gracious to me and hear my prayer! (Psalm 4:1 ESV) C. H. Spurgeon comments on Psalm 3 in the Treasury of David: This is another instance of David’s common habit of pleading past mercies … More “Pleading past mercies as a ground for present favour” (C.H.Spurgeon)