Psalm 3 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 3

Trust in God under Adversity

A Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom.

1 O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
2 many are saying to me,
“There is no help for you[a] in God.” Selah

3 But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.(A)
4 I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy hill. Selah(B)

5 I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.(C)
6 I am not afraid of ten thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.

7 Rise up, O Lord!
Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.

8 Deliverance belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people! Selah(D)

Footnotes

  1. 3.2Syr: Heb him

Cross references

  1. 3.3 : Ps 27.6; 28.7
  2. 3.4 : Ps 34.4; 99.9
  3. 3.5 : Lev 26.6; Ps 139.18
  4. 3.8 : Num 6.23–27; Isa 43.11; Jer 3.23