With my voice I shall call to Jehovah himself, and he will answer me from his holy mountain.”​—Ps. 3:3, 4.

That is why he called out to Jehovah for help, confident that he would answer. Since the ark of the covenant, a symbol of Jehovah’s presence, had been taken back to Mount Zion, David appropriately referred to having his prayer answered from God’s holy mountain.​—2 Sam. 15:24, 25.