Psalm 3

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English

3A psalm of David at his fleeing from the presence of Absalom, his son.^a

¹Yahweh, how many are my enemies;

many are rising against me.

²Many are saying about my soul,

“There is no deliverance for him from^b God. Selah^c

³But^c you, Yahweh, are a shield around me,

my glory and the one who lifts up my head.

⁴With my voice I call to Yahweh

and he answers me from his holy hill.^d Selah

⁵I lay down and slept;

I woke up because Yahweh sustains me.

⁶I am not afraid of the ten thousands of people

who all around have set themselves against me.

⁷Rise up, O Yahweh; deliver me, O my God;

for you strike all my enemies on the cheek.

The teeth of the wicked you break.

⁸To Yahweh belongs deliverance;

may your blessing be over your people. Selah

aThe Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
bOr “in”
cMeaning uncertain; probably a musical or liturgical direction
cOr “And”
dLiterally “the hill of his holiness”