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Psalms 3

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Key Verse

Psalms 3:4 ESV

I cried aloud to the LORD, and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

Outline

  • Lord How They Have Increased Who Trouble Me (v1-2)
  • You O Lord Are A Shield For Me (v3-4)
  • I Will Not Be Afraid Of Ten Thousands Of People (v5-6)
  • Arise O Lord, Save Me O My God (v7-8)

Context

  • Written by David
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Written 1040 B.C. – 970 B.C.
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 8 verses · 147 words

Notes

A Psalm of David When He Fled from Absalom His Son.

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Save Me, O My God

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

1O LORD, how many are my foes!

Many are rising against me;

2many are saying of my soul,

“There is no salvation for him in God.” Selaha

3But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,

my glory, and the lifter of my head.

4I cried aloud to the LORD,

and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

5I lay down and slept;

I woke again, for the LORD sustained me.

6I will not be afraid of many thousands of people

who have set themselves against me all around.

7Arise, O LORD!

Save me, O my God!

For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;

you break the teeth of the wicked.

8Salvation belongs to the LORD;

your blessing be on your people! Selah

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