Save Me, O My God
A Psalm of David, when he fled from Absalom his son.
3O 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. Selah5 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! SelahFootnotes:
- 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:
- Psalm 3:1 : See 2 Sam. 15:14-17
- Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 15:12
- Psalm 3:1 : 2 Sam. 18:31, 32
- Psalm 3:2 : Ps. 71:11; [2 Sam. 16:8]
- Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 28:7; 84:9; 119:114; Gen. 15:1
- Psalm 3:3 : Job 1:10
- Psalm 3:3 : Ps. 27:5, 6; [Job 10:15]
- Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 77:1; 142:1
- Psalm 3:4 : Ps. 34:4; 60:5; 108:6; [Ps. 6:8; 34:6]
- Psalm 3:4 : See Ps. 2:6
- Psalm 3:5 : Ps. 4:8; [Lev. 26:6; Job 11:18, 19; Prov. 3:24]
- Psalm 3:6 : [Ps. 23:4; 27:3]
- Psalm 3:6 : Isa. 22:7; [1 Kgs. 20:12]
- Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 7:6; 9:19; 10:12; Num. 10:35
- Psalm 3:7 : See Job 16:10
- Psalm 3:7 : Ps. 58:6; Job 29:17
- 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