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How many are my foes, Lord!
    How many rise against me!
[a]How many say of me,
    “There is no salvation for him in God.”(A)
Selah
But you, Lord, are a shield around me;
    my glory, you keep my head high.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 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.

Many are saying of me,
    “God will not deliver him.(A)[a]

But you, Lord, are a shield(B) around me,
    my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(C)
I call out to the Lord,(D)
    and he answers me from his holy mountain.(E)

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Footnotes

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