PSALM 3


A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.

 1 O LORD, how many are my foes!        How many rise up against me!

 
 2 Many are saying of me,        "God will not deliver him."      
  Selah [a]
 
 3 But you are a shield around me, O LORD;

       you bestow glory on me and lift [b] up my head.

 
 4 To the LORD I cry aloud,        and he answers me from his holy hill.

       Selah

 
 5 I lie down and sleep;        I wake again, because the LORD sustains me.
 
 6 I will not fear the tens of thousands        drawn up against me on every side.
 
 7 Arise, O LORD!        Deliver me, O my God!        Strike all my enemies on the jaw;

       break the teeth of the wicked.

 
 8 From the LORD comes deliverance.        May your blessing be on your people.

       Selah

 
 
Footnotes:

Psalm 3:2 A word of uncertain meaning, occurring frequently in the Psalms; possibly a musical term

Psalm 3:3 Or LORD , / my Glorious One, who lifts