Psalm 3
Confidence in Troubled Times
A psalm of David when he fled from his son Absalom.(A)
1 Lord, how my foes increase!
There are many who attack me.(B)
2 Many say about me,
“There is no help for him in God.”(C)Selah
3 But You, Lord, are a shield around me,(D)
my glory,(E) and the One who lifts up my head.(F)
4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
and He answers me from His holy mountain.(G)Selah
5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again because the Lord sustains me.(H)
6 I am not afraid of the thousands of people
who have taken their stand against me on every side.(I)
7 Rise up, Lord!(J)
Save me, my God!
You strike all my enemies on the cheek;(K)
You break the teeth of the wicked.(L)
8 Salvation belongs to the Lord;(M)
may Your blessing be on Your people.(N)Selah
Cross references
- 3:title : 2Sm 15:13-17
- 3:1 : 2Sm 15:12; Ps 69:4
- 3:2 : Ps 22:7-8; 71:11
- 3:3 : Gn 15:1; Dt 33:29; Ps 5:12; 18:2; 28:7; 119:114
- 3:3 : Ps 62:7
- 3:3 : Ps 110:7
- 3:4 : Ps 2:6; 43:3; 48:1
- 3:5 : Lv 26:6; Ps 4:8; Pr 3:24
- 3:6 : Ps 23:4; 27:3; 118:10-13
- 3:7 : Ps 7:6
- 3:7 : Jb 16:10; Mc 5:1
- 3:7 : Ps 58:6
- 3:8 : Jnh 2:9; Rv 7:10; 19:1
- 3:8 : Dt 26:15