1 Yahweh! how have mine adversaries multiplied, Multitudes, are rising against me;
2 Multitudes, are saying of my soul,—No salvation for him in God. [Selah.]
3 But, thou, Yahweh, art a shield about me, my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
4 With my voice—unto Yahweh, do I cry, and he hath answered me out of his holy mountain. [Selah.]
5 I, laid me down and slept,—I awoke, Surely, Yahweh, sustaineth me!
6 I will not be afraid of myriads of people, who, round about, have set themselves against me.
7 Rise! Yahweh, Save me, my God. Surely thou hast smitten all my foes on the cheekbone, The teeth of the lawless, hast thou broken.
8 To Yahweh, belongeth Salvation! Upon thy people, be thy blessing. [Selah.]
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Today's Verse
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
Verse Of The DayThe chapter's turning point comes when David says he lay down, slept, and awoke because the LORD sustained him, a picture echoed later in Psalms 4. It closes by declaring that salvation and blessing belong to the LORD, a phrase paralleled in Psalms 27:6.
