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Psalm 3
New International Version

### Psalm 3[a]

#### A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom.(A)

1 Lord, how many are my foes!
How many rise up against me!
2 Many are saying of me,
“God will not deliver him.(B)”[b]

3 But you, Lord, are a shield(C) around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.(D)
4 I call out to the Lord,(E)
and he answers me from his holy mountain.(F)

5 I lie down and sleep;(G)
I wake again,(H) because the Lord sustains me.
6 I will not fear(I) though tens of thousands
assail me on every side.(J)

7 Arise,(K) Lord!
Deliver me,(L) my God!
Strike(M) all my enemies on the jaw;
break the teeth(N) of the wicked.

8 From the Lord comes deliverance.(O)
May your blessing(P) be on your people.

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 3:1 In Hebrew texts 3:1-8 is numbered 3:2-9.
2. Psalm 3:2 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 4 and 8.

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 3:1 : 2Sa 15:14
2. Psalm 3:2 : Ps 22:8; 71:11; Isa 36:15; 37:20
3. Psalm 3:3 : S Ge 15:1
4. Psalm 3:3 : Ps 27:6
5. Psalm 3:4 : S Job 30:20
6. Psalm 3:4 : Ps 2:6
7. Psalm 3:5 : S Lev 26:6
8. Psalm 3:5 : Ps 17:15; 139:18
9. Psalm 3:6 : Job 11:15; Ps 23:4; 27:3
10. Psalm 3:6 : Ps 118:11
11. Psalm 3:7 : S 2Ch 6:41
12. Psalm 3:7 : Ps 6:4; 7:1; 59:1; 109:21; 119:153; Isa 25:9; 33:22; 35:4; 36:15; 37:20; Jer 42:11; Mt 6:13
13. Psalm 3:7 : Job 16:10
14. Psalm 3:7 : Job 29:17; Ps 57:4; Pr 30:14; La 3:16
15. Psalm 3:8 : Ps 27:1; 37:39; 62:1; Isa 43:3, 11; 44:6, 8; 45:21; Hos 13:4; Jnh 2:9; Rev 7:10
16. Psalm 3:8 : Nu 6:23; Ps 29:11; 129:8

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