1 A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many [are] they that rise up against me.
2 \\3:1\\A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son. LORD, how are they multiplied that trouble me? many are they that rise up against me.
3 \\3:2\\Many there are who say of my soul, There is no help for him in God. Selah.
4 \\3:3\\But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of my head.
5 \\3:4\\I cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me from his holy hill. Selah.
6 \\3:5\\I laid me down and slept; I awaked; for the LORD sustained me.
7 \\3:6\\I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people, that have set themselves against me on all sides.
8 \\3:7\\Arise, O LORD; save me, O my God: for thou hast smitten all my enemies upon the cheek bone; thou hast broken the teeth of the ungodly.
9 \\3:8\\Salvation belongeth to the LORD: thy blessing is upon thy people. Selah.
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Today's Verse
Behold, I send an angel before thee, to keep thee by the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
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.
