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Psalm 3

How Many Are My Foes, But You Are My Shield

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A psalm by David. When he fled from Absalom,[a] his son.

Many Enemies

O Lord, how my foes are multiplying!
Many are rising up against me!
Many are saying about my life, Interlude[b]
“There is no salvation for him in God.”

One Protector

But you, O Lord, are a shield for me.
You are my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 3:1 See 2 Samuel 15–18.
  2. Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew term selah probably indicates a musical interlude for meditation, so selah is translated interlude throughout Psalms.

Psalm 3[a]

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

Lord, how many are my foes!
    How many rise up against me!
Many are saying of me,
    “God will not deliver him.(B)[b]

But you, Lord, are a shield(C) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
  2. Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.