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Psalm 3
New King James Version

### The Lord Helps His Troubled People

#### A Psalm of David (A)when he fled from Absalom his son.

3 Lord, how they have increased who trouble me!
Many are they who rise up against me.
2 Many are they who say of me,
“There is no help for him in God.” Selah

3 But You, O Lord, are (B)a shield [a]for me,
My glory and (C)the One who lifts up my head.
4 I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And (D)He heard me from His (E)holy hill. Selah

5 (F)I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
6 (G)I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.

7 Arise, O Lord;
Save me, O my God!
(H)For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8 (I)Salvation belongs to the Lord.
Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 3:3 Lit. around

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 15:13–17
2. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 5:12; 28:7
3. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 9:13; 27:6
4. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 4:3; 34:4
5. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 2:6; 15:1; 43:3
6. Psalm 3:5 : Lev. 26:6; Ps. 4:8; Prov. 3:24
7. Psalm 3:6 : Ps. 23:4; 27:3
8. Psalm 3:7 : Job 16:10
9. Psalm 3:8 : Ps. 28:8; 35:3; [Is. 43:11]

New King James Version (NKJV)

Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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