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.

Many are they who say of me,
There is no help for him in God.” Selah

But You, O Lord, are (A)a shield [a]for me,
My glory and (B)the One who lifts up my head.
I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And (C)He heard me from His (D)holy hill. Selah

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  1. Psalm 3:3 Lit. around

many are saying of my soul,
    (A)“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selah[a]

But you, O Lord, are (B)a shield (C)about me,
    my glory, and (D)the lifter of my head.
I (E)cried aloud to the Lord,
    and he (F)answered me from his (G)holy hill. Selah

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  1. Psalm 3:2 The meaning of the Hebrew word Selah, used frequently in the Psalms, is uncertain. It may be a musical or liturgical direction