Psalm 3–5

Psalm 3

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

¹Jehovah, how are mine adversaries increased!

Many are they that rise up against me.

²Many there are that say of my soul,

There is no help for him in God. Selah

³But thou, O Jehovah, art a shield about me;

My glory and the lifter up of my head.

⁴I cry unto Jehovah with my voice,

And he answereth me out of his holy hill. Selah

⁵I laid me down and slept;

I awaked; for Jehovah sustaineth me.

⁶I will not be afraid of ten thousands of the people

That have set themselves against me round about.

⁷Arise, O Jehovah; save me, O my God:

For thou hast smitten all mine enemies upon the cheek bone;

Thou hast broken the teeth of the wicked.

⁸Salvation belongeth unto Jehovah:

Thy blessing be upon thy people. Selah

Psalm 4

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

¹Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness;

Thou hast set me at large when I was in distress:

Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.

²O ye sons of men, how long shall my glory be turned into dishonor?

How long will ye love vanity, and seek after falsehood? Selah

³But know that Jehovah hath set apart for himself him that is godly:

Jehovah will hear when I call unto him.

⁴Stand in awe, and sin not:

Commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah

⁵Offer the sacrifices of righteousness,

And put your trust in Jehovah.

⁶Many there are that say,

Who will show us any good?

Jehovah, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.

⁷Thou hast put gladness in my heart,

More than they have when their grain and their new wine are increased.

⁸In peace will I both lay me down and sleep;

For thou, Jehovah, alone makest me dwell in safety.

Psalm 5

For the Chief Musician; with the Nehiloth. A Psalm of David.

¹Give ear to my words, O Jehovah,

Consider my meditation.

²Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King, and my God;

For unto thee do I pray.

³O Jehovah, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice;

In the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.

⁴For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:

Evil shall not sojourn with thee.

⁵The arrogant shall not stand in thy sight:

Thou hatest all workers of iniquity.

⁶Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies:

Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

⁷But as for me, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness will I come into thy house:

In thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

⁸Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies;

Make thy way straight before my face.

⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth;

Their inward part is very wickedness;

Their throat is an open sepulchre;

They flatter with their tongue.

¹⁰Hold them guilty, O God;

Let them fall by their own counsels;

Thrust them out in the multitude of their transgressions;

For they have rebelled against thee.

¹¹But let all those that take refuge in thee rejoice,

Let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them:

Let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.

¹²For thou wilt bless the righteous;

O Jehovah, thou wilt compass him with favor as with a shield.