Psalm 3

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

Psalm 3

Trust in God under Adversity

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

¹O Lord, how many are my foes!
Many are rising against me;
²many are saying to me,
“There is no help for you^[a] in God.”Selah

³But you, O Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, and the one who lifts up my head.
⁴I cry aloud to the Lord,
and he answers me from his holy hill.Selah

⁵I lie down and sleep;
I wake again, for the Lord sustains me.
⁶I am not afraid of ten thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.

⁷Rise up, O Lord!
Deliver me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸Deliverance belongs to the Lord;
may your blessing be on your people!Selah

Footnotes

Psalm 3:2 Syr: Heb him

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