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Save Me, O My God

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

 O Lord, how many are my foes!
   Many are rising against me;
² many are saying of my soul,
   there is no salvation for him in God. Selah^[a]

³ But you, O Lord, are a shield about me,
my glory, and the lifter of my head.
⁴ I cried aloud to the Lord,
and he answered me from his holy hill. Selah

⁵ I lay down and slept;
I woke again, for the Lord sustained me.
⁶ I will not be afraid of many thousands of people
who have set themselves against me all around.

⁷ Arise, O Lord!
Save me, O my God!
For you strike all my enemies on the cheek;
you break the teeth of the wicked.

⁸ Salvation belongs to the Lord;
your blessing be on your people! Selah

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 3:2 The meaning of the Hebrew word Selah, used frequently in the Psalms, is uncertain. It may be a musical or liturgical direction

Cross references:

1. Psalm 3:1 : See 2 Sam. 15:14-17
2. Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 15:12
3. Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 18:31, 32
4. Psalm 3:2 : Ps. 71:11; [2 Sam. 16:8]
5. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 28:7; 84:9; 119:114; Gen. 15:1
6. Psalm 3:3 : Job 1:10
7. Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 27:5, 6; [Job 10:15]
8. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 77:1; 142:1
9. Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 34:4; 60:5; 108:6; [Ps. 6:8; 34:6]
10. Psalm 3:4 : See Ps. 2:6
11. Psalm 3:5 : Ps. 4:8; [Lev. 26:6; Job 11:18, 19; Prov. 3:24]
12. Psalm 3:6 : [Ps. 23:4; 27:3]
13. Psalm 3:6 : Isa. 22:7; [1 Kgs. 20:12]
14. Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 7:6; 9:19; 10:12; Num. 10:35
15. Psalm 3:7 : See Job 16:10
16. Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 58:6; Job 29:17
17. Psalm 3:8 : Ps. 37:39; 62:7; Isa. 43:11; 45:21; Jer. 3:23; Hos. 13:4; Jonah 2:9; Rev. 7:10; 19:1