Psalm 3:3-5
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
3 [a]How many say of me,
“There is no salvation for him in God.”(A)
Selah
4 But you, Lord, are a shield around me;
my glory, you keep my head high.(B)
II
5 With my own voice I will call out to the Lord,
and he will answer me from his holy mountain.
Selah
Footnotes
- 3:3, 3:5, 3:9 Selah: the term is generally considered a direction to the cantor or musicians but its exact meaning is not known. It occurs seventy-one times in thirty-nine Psalms.
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