Psalm 3 The Lord Helps His Troubled People

Psalm 3 The Lord Helps His Troubled People

Psalm 3:1-8 The Lord Helps His Troubled People
A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

Psalm 3:1-2
1 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

Psalm 3:3-4
3
But You, O Lord, are a shield for me,
My glory and the One who lifts up my head.
4
I cried to the Lord with my voice,
And He heard me from His holy hill. Selah

Psalm 3:5-6
5
I lay down and slept;
I awoke, for the Lord sustained me.
6
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.

Psalm 3:7-8
7
Arise, O Lord;
Save me, O my God!
For You have struck all my enemies on the cheekbone;
You have broken the teeth of the ungodly.
8
Salvation belongs to the Lord.
Your blessing is upon Your people. Selah