Psalms, 3

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

1. [Psalm Of David When he was fleeing from his son Absalom] Yahweh, how countless are my enemies, how countless those who rise up against me,

1. O LORD, how many are my foes! Many are rising against me;

2. how countless those who say of me, 'No salvation for him from his God!'Pause

2. many are saying of me, there is no help for him in God. [Selah]

3. But you, Yahweh, the shield at my side, my glory, you hold my head high.

3. But thou, O LORD, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter of my head.

4. I cry out to Yahweh; he answers from his holy mountain.Pause

4. I cry aloud to the LORD, and he answers me from his holy hill. [Selah]

5. As for me, if I lie down and sleep, I shall awake, for Yahweh sustains me.

5. I lie down and sleep; I wake again, for the LORD sustains me.

6. I have no fear of people in their thousands upon thousands, who range themselves against me wherever I turn.

6. I am not afraid of ten thousands of people who have set themselves against me round about.

7. Arise, Yahweh, rescue me, my God! You strike all my foes across the face, you break the teeth of the wicked.

7. Arise, O LORD! Deliver me, O my God! For thou dost smite all my enemies on the cheek, thou dost break the teeth of the wicked.

8. In Yahweh is salvation, on your people, your blessing!Pause

8. Deliverance belongs to the LORD; thy blessing be upon thy people! [Selah]